# Accident 19800303005879A: Piper PA23160, Lake Tahoe, CA, March 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1980, 17:04 local time
- Place: Lake Tahoe, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4180P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4180P-1981-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800303005879A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN DURING SNOW-STORM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANY DEICING SYSTEMS.

## 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 LAX80FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA061), Mar 3, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N4180P), So.Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 5 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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