# Accident 19810605035859A: Piper PA22150, Chapel Hill, NC, June 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1981, 09:20 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Horace Williams
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4414A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4414A-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 226 total, 163 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810605035859A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AFTER TAKEOFF IN STEEP CLIMB. IT THEN STALLED AND SPUN INTO GROUND.

## 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 ATL81FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA080), Jun 5, 1981: Piper PA-22 (N4414A), Chapel Hill, NC, substantial damage, 1 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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