# Accident 19810221005029A: Piper PA28235, Amarillo, TX, February 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Tradewinds
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N419CC-1981-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 258 total, 39 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810221005029A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON TAKEOFF ROLL. RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## 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 FTW81DQG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG14), Feb 21, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N419CC), Amarillo, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N419CC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780624034599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624034599I), Jun 24, 1978: Piper PA28235 (N419CC), Wink, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot landed on an airport due to severe vibration. 5 inches of a tip had separated from the propeller.

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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