# Accident 19800112000439A: Piper PA12, Beaumont, CA, January 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Beaumont, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9295° N, 116.9772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9295&lon=-116.9772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92795, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92795-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 512 total, 350 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800112000439A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT IN A MOUNTAIN PASS AT DUSK FLEW INTO FOG & RAIN. LOST GROUND REFERENCE. STRUCK GROUND.

## 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 LAX80FUG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG16), Jan 12, 1980: Piper PA-12 (N92795), Beaumont, 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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