# Accident 19810426018639A: Piper PA32RT300, Tehachapi, CA, April 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1430° N, 118.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tehachapi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1430&lon=-118.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8921N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,920 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810426018639A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES AIRPLANE STRUCK HILLSIDE NEAR TOP OF CLOUD-OBSCURED HILL IN LEVEL FLIGHT. MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX81FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA079), Apr 26, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N8921N), Tehachapi, 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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