# Accident 19810525028499A: Piper PA28161, Malad City, ID, May 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1981, 01:21 local time
- Place: Malad City, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1899° N, 112.2497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Malad City, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1899&lon=-112.2497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2816F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2816F-2012-09-24) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 170 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810525028499A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED HILL IN NOSE-DOWN HIGH-SPEED ATTITUDE. DARK, RAINY NIGHT. NO GROUND LIGHT, VFR LOW-TIME PILOT.

## 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 SEA81FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA038), May 25, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2816F), Malad City, ID, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N2816F (1)

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

- [Incident 19801010081859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801010081859I), Oct 10, 1980: Piper PA28161 (N2816F), Paris, ID, Minor damage. Student pilot damaged nose gear and propeller in a hard landing.

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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