# Accident 19791230036349A: Piper PA28161, Royal Oak, MI, December 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1979, 20:00 local time
- Place: Royal Oak, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Troy
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5429° N, 83.1779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND/TROY (VLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5429&lon=-83.1779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4512P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4512P-1983-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 0 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791230036349A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DID NOT CHECK WEATHER FOR NIGHT LOCAL FLIGHT. RAN INTO FOG RETURNING TO AIRPORT. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT

## 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 CHI80FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA020), Dec 30, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N4512P), Royal Oak, MI, 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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