# Accident 19810216003699A: Piper PA32R300, El Duque, Puerto Rico, February 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1981, 19:30 local time
- Place: El Duque, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7272F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7272F-1983-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 448 total, 184 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810216003699A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO MOUNTAIN-TOP AT NIGHT APPROACHING AIRPORT. PILOT IN VICINITY REPORTED CLOUDS ON MOUNTAINS.

## 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 MIA81FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA046), Feb 16, 1981: Piper PA-32R (N7272F), El Duque, PR, 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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