# Accident 19810325012329A: Piper PA28181, Statesville, NC, March 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1981, 17:15 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Long Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7826° N, 80.8873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7826&lon=-80.8873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8340C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8340C-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 454 total, 3 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKM05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325012329A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG ON WET SOD RUNWAY. RAN OFF END INTO BRUSH AND TREES.

## 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 ATL81FKM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKM05), Mar 25, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N8340C), Long Island, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8340C (1)

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

- [Accident 19800805036519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800805036519A), Aug 5, 1980: Piper PA28181 (N8340C), Liberty, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot landing at night on narrow runway. Made hard landing, resulting in substantial damage to airplane.

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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