# Accident 19801011082789A: Piper PA28140, Castro Valley, CA, October 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1980, 10:10 local time
- Place: Castro Valley, CA
- Airport: Hayward
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N9754W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9754W-1982-11-11) (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: 353 total, 223 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FVD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801011082789A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. CRASH-LANDED. EXACT CAUSE OF POWER LOSS UNDETERMINED. SUSPECT FUEL PROBLEM.

## 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 LAX81FVD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVD03), Oct 11, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N9754W), Castro Valley, 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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