# Accident 19800208005681A: Piper PA28151, El Segundo, CA, February 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1980, 13:50 local time
- Place: El Segundo, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9104° N, 118.4251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Segundo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9104&lon=-118.4251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44126, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44126-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 3 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800208005681A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN MID-AIR COLLISION. CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 LAX80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA048), Feb 8, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N44126), El Segundo, CA, 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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