# Accident 19810504022409A: Piper PA28180, Coulee City, WA, May 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Coulee City, WA
- Airport: Coulee City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6165° N, 119.2428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COULEE CITY (WA15), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6165&lon=-119.2428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9077J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9077J) (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: 59 total, 14 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DYP14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYP14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810504022409A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF.

## 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 SEA81DYP14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYP14), May 4, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N9077J), Coulee City, WA, substantial damage

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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