# Accident 19810430020639A: Piper PA28180, Waterloo, IL, April 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1981, 17:25 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Go Around
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3412° N, 90.1527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waterloo, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3412&lon=-90.1527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 933 total, 84 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FCA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FCA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810430020639A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATING EMERGENCY LANDING ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT AND CRASHED ATTEMPTING GO-AROUND.

## 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 CHI81FCA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FCA06), Apr 30, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N8ML), Waterloo, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8ML (1)

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

- [Incident 19880801043609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880801043609I), Aug 1, 1988: Piper PA28180 (N8ML), Troy, OH, Minor damage. Bounced on hard landing while practicing touch and go landings. Nose struck runway on last bounce.

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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