# Accident 19810512024389A: Piper PA28161, Alamosa, CO, May 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1981, 22:00 local time
- Place: Alamosa, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4745° N, 105.8770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamosa, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4745&lon=-105.8770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9511C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9511C-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 89 total, 25 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810512024389A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER AND CRASHED INTO MOUNTAIN IN SNOW-STORM.

## 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 DEN81FTE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE36), May 12, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N9511C), Alamosa, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9511C (1)

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

- [Accident 19790206002349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790206002349A), Feb 6, 1979: Piper PA28161 (N9511C), Aztec, NM, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control on touch and go landing, ran off runway into a snowbank.

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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