# Incident 19811213085189I: Piper PA23250, Deland, FL, December 13, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1981, 21:00 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3RF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3RF-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811213085189I

## Narrative

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

ZY ILLEGAL DRUG FLIGHT CHASED BY DEA. LANDED LIGHTS OFF, PILOT FLED. DEA AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH ABANDONED AIRCRAFT

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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