# NTSB SEA80DTI03: Piper PA-28, N38313, Missoula, MT, January 18, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1980
- Place: Missoula, MT · MISSOULA, MT
- Location: 46.8721° N, 113.9940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Missoula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8721&lon=-113.9940&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 7, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132176
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80DTI03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DTI03

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0023  80/1/18    MISSOULA,MT         PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1400                    N38313              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 44, 1457 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            667 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON BELL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MISSOULA,MT                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
           DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- MAIN GR HIT 2FT  SNOWBANK AT THRESHOLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N38313](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38313), registered now, S/N 28-7725262, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Johnson Bell

## 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 19800118000529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800118000529A), Jan 18, 1980: Piper PA28140, Missoula, MT, Substantial damage. Hit snowbank on approach end of runway severed landing gear. Factors; gusty wind. CFI lack of supervision.

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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