# Accident 19810816049749A: Piper PA32300, Northport, AL, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Northport, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4529X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4529X-1987-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,116 total, 1 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DKJ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816049749A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO THUNDERSTORM TRYING TO LAND AT AIRPORT.LOST CONTROL ON GO-AROUND ATTEMPT.STRUCK HANGAR & PARKED AIRPLANES

## 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 ATL81DKJ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ32), Aug 16, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N4529X), Tuscaloosa, 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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