# Accident 19810524035649A: Piper PA22135, Mayville, NY, May 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Mayville, NY
- Airport: Dart
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2681° N, 79.4817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DART (D79), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2681&lon=-79.4817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2478A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2478A-1982-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 428 total, 122 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FFJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FFJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810524035649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO CLEAR OBSTACLES AFTER TAKEOFF. HIT DIRT BANK AND FLIPPED INVERTED.

## 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 NYC81FFJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FFJ12), May 24, 1981: Piper PA-22 (N2478A), Mayville, NY, 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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