# Accident 19810618033889A: Piper PA32RT300T, Crystal, MN, June 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1981, 08:43 local time
- Place: Crystal, MN
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21594, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21594-1982-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,755 total, 10 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810618033889A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT OVER GROSS WEIGHT AND AFT OF CENTER OF GRAVITY.

## 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 CHI81FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA066), Jun 18, 1981: Piper PA-32R (N21594), Crystal, MN, destroyed, 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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