# Accident 19810128002119A: Piper PA28161, Port Angeles, WA, January 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1981, 16:55 local time
- Place: Port Angeles, WA
- Airport: Fairchild International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1192° N, 123.4481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Angeles, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1192&lon=-123.4481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3062D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3062D-1982-10-01) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 695 total, 552 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810128002119A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK MOUNTAIN WHILE NAVIGATING IN CLOUDS ON VOR AIRWAY. FIFO CHECK OK. PRIVATE CHECK SHOWED MISLINED RADIAL.

## 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 SEA81FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA018), Jan 28, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N3062D), Port Angles, WA, destroyed, 2 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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