# Accident 19801229089839A: Piper PA44180, Oceanside, CA, December 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1980, 17:28 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1959° N, 117.3795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1959&lon=-117.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18KC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 485 total, 105 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801229089839A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO OCEAN WHILE DITCHING AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 LAX81DA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DA028), Dec 29, 1980: Piper PA-44 (N18KC), Oceanside, CA, destroyed, 1 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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