# Accident 19810125002239A: Piper PA32RT300T, Webb Lake, MN, January 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1981, 19:20 local time
- Place: Webb Lake, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2174A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2174A-2014-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 867 total, 108 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FER13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125002239A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED DURING INSTRUMENT APPROACH ON NON-APPROVED APPROACH TO PILOT'S PRIVATE AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI81FER13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER13), Jan 25, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N2174A), Webb Lake, MN, destroyed

## Other reports on N2174A (1)

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

- [Accident 19790216003019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790216003019A), Feb 16, 1979: Piper PA32RT300 (N2174A), Ainsworth, NE, Substantial damage. Pilot said his landing light was not working. He landed downwind to the side of the runway in a snowbank.

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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