# Accident 19800216005719A: Piper PA28161, Redding, CA, February 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1980, 18:35 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5865° N, 122.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redding, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5865&lon=-122.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8081H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8081H-1980-04-29) (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: 109 total, 7 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800216005719A

## Narrative

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

FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY. HIT RISING TERRAIN AT DUSK IN DETERIORATING WEATHER. IGNORED ADVISORY.

## 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 LAX80FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA053), Feb 16, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N8081H), Redding, 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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