# NTSB IAD80DKM13: Piper PA-28, N16248, Mayodan, NC, April 2, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 2, 1980
- Place: Mayodan, NC · MAYODAN, NC
- Location: 36.4226° N, 79.9690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayodan, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4226&lon=-79.9690&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 28, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131944
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD80DKM13
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DKM13

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0653   80/4/2    MAYODAN,NC          PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 63 TOTAL
        TIME - 1705                    N16248              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MAYODAN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WINSTON SALEM,NC            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N16248 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mayodan

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.

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