# Accident 19810501023079A: Piper PA38112, Sonora, CA, May 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1981, 21:30 local time
- Place: Sonora, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2448B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 14 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810501023079A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING NIGHT TIME WITHIN THREE MILES OF DESTINATION AIRPORT. PILOT COULD NOT RECALL ANY DETAILS.

## 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 LAX81FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA083), May 1, 1981: Piper PA-38 (N2448B), Sonora, 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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