# Accident 19810214005459A: Piper PA32300, North Shore, CA, February 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1981
- Place: North Shore, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5146° N, 115.9110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Shore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5146&lon=-115.9110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47831, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47831-2020-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810214005459A

## Narrative

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

CRASH-LANDED IN DESERT. AIRPLANE HAD BEEN STOLEN BY UNKNOWN PARTY.

## 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 LAX81DUG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG13), Feb 14, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N47831), Salton Sea, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N47831 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20171107018369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171107018369A), Nov 7, 2017: Piper PA-32-300 (N47831), Mcminnville, TN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On November 7, 2017, about 1845 central standard time, a Piper PA-32-300, N47831, was destroyed after it impacted terrain near morrison, Tennessee. The private…

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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