Piper PA-30 N8547Y

20 March 1980 · Charlotte, North Carolina, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 20 March 1980 at about 23:49 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N8547Y, operated by Caro-Wings FLI, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 March 1980 at 23:49
Classification: Accident
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Douglas Municipal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-30
Registration: N8547Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Caro-Wings FLI
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Atlanta, Ga → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-0383

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	1	1	1	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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Source

NTSB record 3-0383, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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