# Accident 19781220045069A: Piper PA32RT300, Los Angeles Ca, CA, December 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1978
- Place: Los Angeles Ca, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4987F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4987F-1989-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,165 total, 125 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781220045069A

## 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 LAX79FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA018), Dec 20, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N4987F), Los Angeles, CA, destroyed

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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