# Accident 19810115089491A: Piper PA23250, New Orleans, LA, January 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1981, 13:55 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6812Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6812Y-1983-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,334 total, 431 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810115089491A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY INTO WATER DURING INSTRUMENT APPROACH. WEATHER BELOW LANDING MINIMUMS.

## 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 FTW81FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA024), Jan 15, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N6812Y), New Orleans, LA, destroyed, 3 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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