# Accident 19810919059779A: Piper PA28RT201, Dallas, TX, September 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1981, 20:17 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas/Fort Worth
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2156H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2156H-1984-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 128 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810919059779A

## Narrative

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

CONFUSED PILOT LOST CONTROL AS A HEAVY JET PASSED HIM. BOTH ON FINAL DIVED INTO GROUND. NO TOWER CLEARANCE.

## 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 FTW81FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA145), Sep 19, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N2156H), Dallas, TX, destroyed, 2 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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