# Accident 19801231078529A: Piper PA32RT300, Columbus, OH, December 31, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus Int
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36126, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36126-2012-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 243 total, 10 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEK09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801231078529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTINUED IFR FLIGHT INTO ICING CONDITIONS. CRASHED DURING LANDING. ICE ON AIRPLANE.

## 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 CHI81FEK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEK09), Dec 31, 1980: Piper PA32RT (N36126), Columbus, OH, destroyed

## Other reports on N36126 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790528013079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790528013079A), May 28, 1979: Piper PA32RT300 (N36126), St Clairsville, OH, Substantial damage. Made downwind landing, delayed in iniating go around then elected to stop, ran off end of 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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