# Accident 19791120043619A: Piper PA28181, Santa Barbara, CA, November 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1979, 02:15 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4036° N, 119.7137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Barbara, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4036&lon=-119.7137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9042K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9042K-1982-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 274 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791120043619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED TURBULENCE DURING LAST RADIO TRANSMISSION. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE FOUND IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA.

## 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 LAX80FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA016), Nov 20, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N9042K), Santa Barbara, CA, destroyed, 1 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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