# Accident 19810725048839A: Piper PA28140, Bessemer, AL, July 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5119G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5119G-1993-06-18) (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: 84 total, 11 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DKJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725048839A

## Narrative

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

NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY ON FINAL, DUMPED FLAPS FOR GO AROUND, HIT RUNWAY, LOST CONTROL, RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL81DKJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ26), Jul 25, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N5119G), Bessemer, AL, destroyed

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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