# Accident 19790625043999A: Piper PA28161, Kabului, HI, June 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1979, 20:50 local time
- Place: Kabului, HI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N30775, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30775-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DAMS6](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DAMS6) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790625043999A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS OBSERVED AIRCRAFT IN AREA. SAW LIGHT DESCEND INTO OCEAN. FOUND SEAT OF AIRPLANE IN AREA. NOTHING ELSE FOUND

## 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 OAK79DAMS6](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DAMS6), Jun 25, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N30775), Maui, HI, destroyed, 2 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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