# Accident 19810125002939A: Piper PA28R200, Wendover, UT, January 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1981, 19:30 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Airport: Wendover
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7187° N, 114.0287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WENDOVER (ENV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7187&lon=-114.0287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8516E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8516E-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 62 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125002939A

## Narrative

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

INTOXICATED PILOT MADE NIGHTIME TAKEOFF FROM TAXIWAY. PROCEEDED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF DESTINATION, HIT MOUNTAIN.

## 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 DEN81FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA017), Jan 25, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N8516E), Wendover, UT, destroyed, 1 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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