# Accident 19841221067679A: Piper PA28151, Tuxedo, NC, December 21, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1984, 14:30 local time
- Place: Tuxedo, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2254° N, 82.4296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuxedo, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2254&lon=-82.4296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32029 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 2 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL85LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841221067679A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT FLEW INTO AREA OF IFR CONDITIONS, STRUCK TREES AND TERRAIN ATTEMPTING CLIMBING 180 DEGREE TURN.

## 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 ATL85LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA062), Dec 21, 1984: Piper PA28-151 (N32029), Tuxedo, NC, 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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