# Accident 19810707038709A: Piper PA28*, Livingston, TX, July 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1981, 16:10 local time
- Place: Livingston, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7100° N, 94.9379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livingston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7100&lon=-94.9379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38853, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38853-1982-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28*
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810707038709A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. VECTORS FROM ATC NO HELP. AIRCRAFT BROKE UP IN SEVERE TURBULENCE. ALCOHOL EVIDENCE

## 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 FTW81FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA118), Jul 7, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N38853), Livingston, TX, 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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