# Accident 19800428010609A: Piper PA23250, Bakersfield, CA, April 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1980, 20:54 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2546M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2546M-2014-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 7
- Pilot flight hours: 891 total, 80 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800428010609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED IN POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS  AND CRASHED THREE MILES FROM AIRPORT. NOT IFR RATED.

## 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 LAX80FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA091), Apr 28, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N2546M), Bakersfield, CA, destroyed, 8 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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