# Accident 19810213003859A: Piper PA28181, Bandera, TX, February 13, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1981, 13:35 local time
- Place: Bandera, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7251° N, 99.0743° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bandera, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7251&lon=-99.0743&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2143D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2143D-1981-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810213003859A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF LOW CEILING & DENSE FOG. STRUCK HILLSIDE. WAS ADVISED TO DETOUR HILLY AREA DUE TO WEATHER.

## 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 FTW81FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA034), Feb 13, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2143D), Bandera, TX, destroyed, 5 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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