# Accident 19810311009649A: Piper PA23250, Kingstree, SC, March 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1981, 01:10 local time
- Place: Kingstree, SC
- Airport: Williamsburg Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7172° N, 79.8570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAMSBURG RGNL (CKI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7172&lon=-79.8570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6545Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6545Y-1981-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM) (registry code 7102313, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250-6pclm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810311009649A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES A STALL LANDING FROM A HIGH LEVEL-OFF. IMPACT RUPTURED FUEL CELLS. AIRPLANE BURNED. ILLEGAL FLIGHT.

## 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 ATL81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA053), Mar 11, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N6545Y), Kingstree, SC, destroyed, 2 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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