# Accident 19810320011269A: Piper PA28181, El Paso, TX, March 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1981, 19:14 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3945M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3945M-1982-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 106 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810320011269A

## Narrative

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

HIT SAND DUNE OFF APPROACH END OF RUNWAY ON PRACTICE ILS APPROACH. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.

## 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 FTW81FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA050), Mar 20, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N3945M), El Paso, TX, 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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