# Accident 19810213019529A: Piper PA28235, Truckee, CA, February 13, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1981, 16:57 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3280° N, 120.1833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Truckee, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3280&lon=-120.1833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9431W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9431W-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 323 total, 266 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810213019529A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN INTO AREA OF SEVERE ICING AND TURBULENCE. LOST CONTROL. STRUCK MOUNTAINSIDE.

## 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 LAX81FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA072), Feb 13, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N9431W), Truckee, 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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