# NTSB MIA81FA001: Piper PA-28, N707XQ, Aguadilla, PR, October 10, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1980
- Place: Aguadilla, PR · AGUADILLA,PR, PR
- Location: 18.4375° N, 67.1543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aguadilla, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4375&lon=-67.1543&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127806
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA81FA001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA001

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3132  80/10/10 NR.AGUADILLA,PR       PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 526
        TIME - 2011                    N707XQ              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BORINQUEN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAN JUAN,PR                AGUADILLA,PR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- DARK NIGHT,ARPT LOCATED NEAR WATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N707XQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N707XQ-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 28-7816594, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Borinquen

## 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 19801010074089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801010074089A), Oct 10, 1980: Piper PA28161, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Inadvertently flew into water after overshooting runway. Used righthand pattern instead of normal left pattern.

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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