19810808064099A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32300 · Butler, AL · August 8, 1981

Date
August 8, 1981 · 15:45 local
Place
Butler, AL
Airport
Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8165H
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81DKJ28
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
127 total26 in this make and model54 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost navigation signal and was landing to ascertain position hard landing caused substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

LOST NAVIGATION SIGNAL AND WAS LANDING TO ASCERTAIN POSITION HARD LANDING CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.