# Accident 19810621033979A: Piper PA28180, Rapid City, SD, June 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1981, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Lien
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4853T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4853T-1992-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTK13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTK13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810621033979A

## Narrative

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

FLARED HIGH ON LANDING IN STRONG CROSSWIND. ROLLED, WING HIT GROUND. AIRPLANE CARTWHEELED, STOPPED 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 DEN81FTK13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTK13), Jun 21, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N4853T), Rapid City, SD, 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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