# Accident 19801225078379A: Piper PA24250, Teton Village, WY, December 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Teton Village, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5907° N, 110.8420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Teton Village, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5907&lon=-110.8420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5873P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5873P-1983-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 483 total, 64 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801225078379A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLIMB OR MAINTAIN ALTITUDE IN MOUNTAIN AREA WITH SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS, SNOW CLOUDS, & FREEZING RAIN.

## 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 DEN81FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA013), Dec 25, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N5873P), Teton Village, WY, destroyed, 1 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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