# Accident 19810623035679A: Piper PA12, Five Points, CA, June 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1981, 13:35 local time
- Place: Five Points, CA
- Airport: Five Points
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4255° N, 120.1034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Five Points Airport, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4255&lon=-120.1034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12PA-1982-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 7 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810623035679A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON A BAD LANDING. ELECTED TO GO AROUND. NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY. STRUCK POWERLINES. CRASHED INVERTED.

## 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 LAX81FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA098), Jun 23, 1981: Piper PA-12 (N12PA), Five Points, 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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