# Accident 19800928045729A: Piper PA18150, Castro Valley, CA, September 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1980, 09:50 local time
- Place: Castro Valley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7083° N, 122.0628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Castro Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7083&lon=-122.0628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2416S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2416S-1983-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 351 total, 20 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVD38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800928045729A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CLAIMED TURBULENCE DURING SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING. TURBULENCE CAUSED CRASH.

## 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 LAX80FVD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVD38), Sep 28, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N2416S), Castro Valley, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N2416S (1)

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

- [Incident 19790722019519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790722019519I), Jul 22, 1979: Piper PA18150 (N2416S), Antioch, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control when his boot lodged in the left rudder pedal.

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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