# Accident 19810531053609A: Piper PA18, Holtville, CA, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 16:44 local time
- Place: Holtville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8138° N, 115.3783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holtville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8138&lon=-115.3783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4711A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4711A-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531053609A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO POWER-LINES. CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 LAX81FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA095), May 31, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N4711A), Holtville, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N4711A (3)

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

- [Incident 19801211090169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801211090169I), Dec 11, 1980: Piper PA18 (N4711A), San Luis Obispo, CA, Minor damage. Airplane hand propped. It got away and struck parked aircraft N47023.
- [Accident 19750517011739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750517011739A), May 17, 1975: Piper PA18 (N4711A), Imperial, CA, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19741125038749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741125038749A), Nov 25, 1974: Piper PA18 (N4711A), Imperial, CA, Substantial damage

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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