# NTSB CHI80FET15: Piper PA32RT, N36754, New Haven, IN, April 19, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 19, 1980
- Place: New Haven, IN · NEW HAVEN, IN
- Location: 41.0679° N, 85.0163° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Haven, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0679&lon=-85.0163&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 23, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131651
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FET15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET15

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0319  80/4/19    NEW HAVEN,IN        PIPER PA32RT        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 807
        TIME - 1549                    N36754              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KLINES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEW HAVEN,IN                MUNCIE,IN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- PLTS FIRST ATMPTD TKOF FM THIS ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N36754](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36754-2012-09-20), registration cancelled 2012-09-20, S/N 32R-7887074, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32RT-300T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (registry code 7103216) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Klines

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800419010419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800419010419A), Apr 19, 1980: Piper PA32RT300, New Haven, IN, Substantial damage. Tried to take off downwind on short runway. Unable to lift off. Ran off end of runway.

## Other investigations on N36754 (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 CHI78DET27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DET27), Jul 16, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N36754), Fort Wayne, IN, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.