# Accident 19780723019999A: Piper PA28161, Petaluma, CA, July 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1978
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Sky Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.2420° N, 122.6286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petaluma, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2420&lon=-122.6286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2831M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780723019999A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK78FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA039), Jul 23, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N2831M), Petaluma, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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