# Accident 19810903065679A: Piper PA23250, Union Township, PA, September 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Union Township, PA
- Airport: Johnstown Cambria
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N62789 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,362 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810903065679A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES INBOUND FOR APPROACH TO AIRPORT. DESCENDED BELOW MINIMUM ALTITUDE FOR INITIAL APPROACH SECTOR.

## 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 NYC81FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA080), Sep 3, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N62789), Union Township, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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