# Accident 19811231082219A: Piper PA28140, Frederick, MD, December 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4170° N, 77.3747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREDERICK MUNI (FDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4170&lon=-77.3747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5424F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5424F-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total, 69 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FIG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FIG06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811231082219A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT TREE AND CRASHED DURING FORCED 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 ATL82FIG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FIG06), Dec 31, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N5424F), Frederick, MD, destroyed

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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