# Accident 19810624036022A: Piper PA28181, Sherman Oaks, CA, June 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1981, 21:12 local time
- Place: Sherman Oaks, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4510K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810624036022A

## Narrative

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

ON COVERGING COURSE WITH N60615 WHILE APPROACHING AIRPORT. COLLIDED OVER POPULATED AREA. DIVED INTO BUILDING ROOF.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N60615, Cessna 150J: [Accident 19810624036021A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810624036021A)

## 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 LAX81FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA099), Jun 24, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N4510K), Sherman Oaks, CA, destroyed, 3 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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