# Accident 19811223084399A: Piper PA32RT300, Wallace, NC, December 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1981, 04:00 local time
- Place: Wallace, NC
- Airport: Henderson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7179° N, 78.0036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Henderson Field (ACZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7179&lon=-78.0036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N202DH-1984-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,015 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811223084399A

## Narrative

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

INTOXICATED PILOT FLEW INTO TREES ON FINAL APPROACH DURING A NIGHT LANDING.

## 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 ATL82FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA030), Dec 23, 1981: Piper PA-32R (N202DH), Wallace, NC, 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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