# Accident 19810325012379A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Santa Maria, CA, March 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1981, 11:05 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24MH-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,585 total, 245 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325012379A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS SAW AIRPLANE LOOPING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. STALLED AND DIVED INTO GROUND AFTER VERTICAL PULL-UP.

## 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 LAX81FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA067), Mar 25, 1981: Cessna 340 (N24MH), Santa Maria, 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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