# Accident 19810514025239A: Piper PA28140, El Paso, TX, May 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1981, 14:56 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5781U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5781U-1982-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,115 total, 115 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQD22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810514025239A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LEAVE GROUND EFFECT ON TAKEOFF. STRUCK SAN-DUNES 2 MILES FROM AIRPORT. LOW COMPRESSION, FOULED PLUGS.

## 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 FTW81FQD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQD22), May 14, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N5781U), El Paso, TX, 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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