# Accident 19800508013089A: Piper PA34200T, Redlands, CA, May 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1980, 02:35 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0556° N, 117.1825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redlands, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0556&lon=-117.1825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38598, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38598-2013-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 0 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800508013089A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STOLEN FOR JOY RIDE. PILOT LOST CONTROL ON NIGHT CLIMBOUT. NOT RATED IN TYPE. HAD CONSUMED ALCOHOL.

## 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 LAX80FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA096), May 8, 1980: Piper PA-34 (N38598), Redlands, CA, destroyed, 2 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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