# Accident 19800704024199A: Piper PA32300, Santa Ana, CA, July 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1980, 09:40 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121WY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,823 total, 174 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800704024199A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND SIEZED. CRASHED LANDED IN FIELD. ENGINE HAD BEEN OVERHEATED. POSSIBLE LEAN MIXTURE.

## 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 LAX80FUA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA12), Jul 4, 1980: Piper PA32RT (N121WY), Santa Ana, 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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