# Accident 19800601017709A: Piper PA28140, Little River, CA, June 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Little River, CA
- Airport: Mendocino Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2703° N, 123.7817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little River, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2703&lon=-123.7817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8189N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8189N-1983-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 169 total, 27 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVD26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800601017709A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. BECAME AIRBORNE. HIT TREES. AIRPLANE LACKS DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING.

## 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 LAX80FVD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVD26), Jun 1, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N8189N), Little River, CA, substantial damage

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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