# Accident 19801228082609A: Piper PA28R201, Everglades City, FL, December 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1980, 09:10 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Airport: Everglades City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2744M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2744M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 519 total, 129 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DKT14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801228082609A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT, FORCED LANDING MADE IN A SWAMP. FOUND BROKEN ENGINE CONNECTING ROD.

## 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 MIA81DKT14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT14), Dec 28, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N2744M), Everglades Cty, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2744M (1)

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

- [Incident 19900815042119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900815042119I), Aug 15, 1990: Piper PA28R201T (N2744M), Providence, RI, Minor damage. No gear down light. Right gear collapsed on rollout. Veered off runway.

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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