# Incident 19810301025399I: Goodyr GZ20, Gardena, CA, March 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1981, 02:05 local time
- Place: Gardena, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8944° N, 118.3075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gardena, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8944&lon=-118.3075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GOODYR GZ20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810301025399I

## Narrative

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

AIRSHIP WENT TO VERTICAL POSITION THEN DESCENDED RAPIDLY, HITTING THE GROUND WHILE TIED TO MOORING MAST IN STORM.

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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