# Accident 19810218004389A: Piper PA32R300, Logansport, IN, February 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1981, 21:10 local time
- Place: Logansport, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7481° N, 86.3547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Logansport, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7481&lon=-86.3547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4341F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4341F-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 822 total, 22 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810218004389A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREE WHILE TRYING TO MAKE VISUAL APPROACH IN NEAR ZERO WEATHER AFTER CANCELING IFR VOR APPROACH.

## 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 CHI81FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA027), Feb 18, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N4341F), Loganspopt, IN, 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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