# Accident 19810808064099A: Piper PA32300, Butler, AL, August 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1981, 15:45 local time
- Place: Butler, AL
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0965° N, 88.2108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0965&lon=-88.2108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8165H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8165H-1999-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 26 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DKJ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808064099A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ATL81DKJ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ28), Aug 8, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N8165H), Butler, AL, 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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