# Accident 19810413015709A: Piper PA28180, Worthington, MN, April 13, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1981, 02:30 local time
- Place: Worthington, MN
- Airport: Worthington
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6551° N, 95.5792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WORTHINGTON MUNI (OTG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6551&lon=-95.5792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43719, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43719-1982-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 161 total, 43 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FER31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810413015709A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT TRIED TO LAND IN DENSE FOG AT NIGHT.  FLEW INTO GROUND TURNING FINAL. HAD BEEN ADVISED OF GROUND FOG.

## 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 CHI81FER31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER31), Apr 13, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N43719), Worthington, MN, destroyed

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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