# Accident 19800322006769A: Piper PA32300, Angwin, CA, March 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1980, 19:15 local time
- Place: Angwin, CA
- Airport: Angwin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.5779° N, 122.4512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angwin, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5779&lon=-122.4512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2906V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2906V-1982-11-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800322006769A

## Narrative

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

LOST LEFT WHEEL ON NIGHT TAKEOFF FROM ROCKY, CLOSED, UNLIGHTED RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A ROCK PILE.

## 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 LAX80FVG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG21), Mar 22, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N2906V), Angwin, 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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