# Accident 19810207002999A: Cessna 340A, Chapel Hill, NC, February 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1981, 19:10 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Horace Williams
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8682K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8682K-2017-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810207002999A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES TRYING TO VISUALLY LOCATE AIRPORT RUNWAY. RAINY, FOGGY, NIGHT. VFR PILOT. AIRPLANE OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

## 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 ATL81FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA043), Feb 7, 1981: Cessna 340A (N8682K), Chapel Hill, NC, destroyed, 7 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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