# Accident 19810808047999A: Piper PA28181, Orange City, IA, August 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Orange City, IA
- Airport: Orange City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9903° N, 96.0628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Orange City Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9903&lon=-96.0628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6004H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6004H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,815 total, 1,440 in this make and model, 188 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCD32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808047999A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO STALL ON SHORT FIELD CLIMB.  CONTRIBUTING PROBLEM, AIRSPEED AND FLAPS.

## 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 MKC81DCD32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD32), Aug 8, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N6004H), Orange City, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6004H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780122000169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780122000169A), Jan 22, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N6004H), Liberty, MO, Substantial damage

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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