# Accident 19800720027119A: Piper PA28161, Lower Lake, CA, July 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lower Lake, CA
- Airport: Pearce
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9344° N, 122.6232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pearce Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9344&lon=-122.6232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31580, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31580-1981-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,361 total, 76 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800720027119A

## Narrative

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

TOO HIGH & FAST ON DOWNWIND LANDING. DELAYED GO-AROUND. STRUCK TREES & HOME ON CLIMBOUT. FLAPS WERE FULL DOWN.

## 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 LAX80FVG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG59), Jul 20, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N31580), Lower Lake, 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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