# Accident 19810515028149A: Piper PA28201T, Huttonsville, WV, May 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Huttonsville, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7138° N, 79.9766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huttonsville, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7138&lon=-79.9766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44921, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44921-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810515028149A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE FLIGHT IN IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA.

## 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 ATL81FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA077), May 15, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N44921), Huttonville, WV, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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