# Accident 19810715041219A: Piper PA28140, Palm Bay, FL, July 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1981, 15:59 local time
- Place: Palm Bay, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 28.0345° N, 80.5887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Bay, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0345&lon=-80.5887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56731, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56731-1981-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,257 total, 270 in this make and model, 426 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810715041219A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING SPIN. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT ABOARD.  AIRCRAFT C.G. WAS  AFT FOR UTILITY CATEGORY.

## 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 MIA81FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA095), Jul 15, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N56731), Palm Bay, FL, 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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