# Accident 19801212075909A: Piper PA28R200, Kalkaska, MI, December 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1980, 11:56 local time
- Place: Kalkaska, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7316° N, 85.1843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalkaska, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7316&lon=-85.1843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N559PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N559PA-1982-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 235 total, 163 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801212075909A

## Narrative

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

EVIDENCE INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED DURING APPROACH.  OTHER AIRCRAFT REPORTED ICING.

## 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 CHI81FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA012), Dec 12, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N559PA), Kalkaska, MI, 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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