# Accident 19801231080479A: Piper PA28R200, Elkhart, IN, December 31, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1980, 12:02 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6952° N, 85.9554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkhart, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6952&lon=-85.9554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8708E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8708E-2018-02-15) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801231080479A

## Narrative

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

LOADED WITH ICE, LANDING IMPACT ON RUNWAY DROVE GEAR STRUTS THROUGH WINGS. BEGANGO-AROUND, STALLED, CRASHED .

## 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 CHI81FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA016), Dec 31, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N8708E), Elkhart, IN, 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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