# Accident 19800126001149A: Piper PA32300, Catallina Is, CA, January 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Catallina Is, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2781M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2781M-1982-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800126001149A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO OCEAN WHILE DESCENDING TO VIEW BOAT BELEVIED TO BE IN TROUBLE. BOAT WAS ANCHORED FOR DIVING INSTRUCTIONS.

## 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 LAX80FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA041), Jan 26, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N2781M), Catalina Is, 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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