# Accident 19810610032239A: Piper PA28161, Pecos, NM, June 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Pecos, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5757° N, 105.6784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pecos, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5757&lon=-105.6784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8399Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8399Z-1981-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,566 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQA35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQA35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810610032239A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED A HOMESITE IN A HIGH VALLEY, THEN TRIED TO FLY UP A CANYON. STRUCK TREES ON RISING 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 FTW81FQA35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQA35), Jun 10, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N8399Z), Pecos, NM, destroyed

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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