# Accident 19801212075029A: Piper PA12, Rexburg, ID, December 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Rexburg, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8229° N, 111.7910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rexburg, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8229&lon=-111.7910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78709, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78709-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 382 total, 21 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801212075029A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OCCUPANTS FOUND FROZEN. AIRPLANE WRECKED BY GROUND COLLISION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. AIRPLANE TORCHED BY OCCUPANTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA81FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA011), Dec 12, 1980: Piper PA-12 (N78709), Rexburg, ID, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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