# Accident 19811127087999A: Piper PA24250, Montoursville, PA, November 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1981, 12:53 local time
- Place: Montoursville, PA
- Airport: Williamsport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2417° N, 76.9218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (IPT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2417&lon=-76.9218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7521P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7521P-1983-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 341 total, 12 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FGT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGT05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811127087999A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING ON INSTRUMENT APPROACH.

## 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 NYC82FGT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGT05), Nov 27, 1981: Piper PA-24 (N7521P), Montoursville, PA, 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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