# NTSB MKC80FER26: Piper PA-32, N333JD, Sauk Centre, MN, March 7, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 7, 1980
- Place: Sauk Centre, MN · SAUK CENTRE, MN
- Location: 45.7365° N, 94.9527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sauk Centre, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7365&lon=-94.9527&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131478
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC80FER26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FER26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1099   80/3/7    SAUK CENTRE,MN      PIPER PA-32         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1955                    N333JD              PX-  0  0  4  DUAL                      AGE 23, 407 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAUK CENTRE MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ALEXANDRIA,MN               SAUK CENTRE,MN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
        REMARKS- HIT SNOW EMBANKMENT APRX 45FT BFR THRESHOLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N333JD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333JD), registered now, S/N 27-8054016, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sauk Centre Muni

## 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 19800307005089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800307005089A), Mar 7, 1980: Piper PA32300, Sauk Centre, MN, Substantial damage. Landing gear struck snowbank short of the approach end of runway. Landed on runway minus severed landing gear.

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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