# Accident 19801014056949A: Piper PA28181, Crestline, CA, October 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Crestline, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2557° N, 117.2822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crestline, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2557&lon=-117.2822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2212D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2212D-1982-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 20 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801014056949A

## Narrative

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

OPERATED INTO MOUNTAINOUS AREA WITH KNOWN SEVERE TURBULENCE AND HAIL. STRUCK TREES 100 FEET BELOW RIDGE LINE.

## 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 LAX81FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA002), Oct 14, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N2212D), Crestline, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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