# Incident 19810402023109I: Piper PA32R301T, Victorville, CA, April 2, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1981
- Place: Victorville, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5361° N, 117.2912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Victorville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5361&lon=-117.2912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8171G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8171G-1997-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 15 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/19810402023109I

## Narrative

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

ZY AIRCRAFT ABANDONED ON DRY LAKE. NOT REPORTED EXCEPT THROUGH A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.

## Other reports on N8171G (1)

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

- [Accident 19940420008539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940420008539A), Apr 20, 1994: Piper PA32R301T (N8171G), Santa Monica, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Engine sputtered on climbout. Turned back. Hit power pole and wires. No mechanical defects found.

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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