19810219030859A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Mobile, AL · February 19, 1981

Date
February 19, 1981
Place
Mobile, AL
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3898W
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FKJ15
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft crashed into Mobile bay. Circumstances surrounding accident have not been determined.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO MOBILE BAY. CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING ACCIDENT HAVE NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.