# Incident 19800615052809I: Piper PA28151, Santa Rosa, CA, June 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1980, 13:43 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Co
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4376F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4376F-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800615052809I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BECAUSE A DIRECTORY GUIDE FELL BEHIND THE RUDDER PEDAL.

## Other reports on N4376F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880328070749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880328070749A), Mar 28, 1988: Piper PA28151 (N4376F), Valley Center, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Nosed up vertically on takeoff stalled and crashed. Marijuana in aircraft and pilots blood. Other drugs in system.

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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