# Accident 19801212075969A: Piper PA28R200, Gloucester, VA, December 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1980, 15:15 local time
- Place: Gloucester, VA
- Airport: Gloucester
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4138° N, 76.5255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gloucester, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-76.5255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5005S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5005S-2013-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,786 total, 28 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DID06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DID06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801212075969A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED STUDENT TO MAKE HARD LANDING. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. PUSHED RIGHT GEAR STRUT THROUGH WING.

## 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 ATL81DID06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DID06), Dec 12, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N5005S), Gloucester, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5005S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19891018041419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891018041419A), Oct 18, 1989: Piper PA28R200 (N5005S), Athens, TN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. First actual instrument flight after certification. Lost control spatial disorientation entered spiral and crashed.
- [Incident 19780625035859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625035859I), Jun 25, 1978: Piper PA28/ (N5005S), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. Pilot parking on a sod area at a strange airport taxied into a sewer manhole with a rotted wooden cover.

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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