# Accident 19810817050071A: Piper PA28R200, San Jose, CA, August 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1981, 12:49 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15611 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 427 total, 7 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81AA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81AA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810817050071A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH FOR LANDING OVERTOOK AND COLLIDED WITH N736LE. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE CLEARED STRAIGHT IN FOR 30R BY ATC.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N736LE, Cessna R172K: [Accident 19810817050072A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810817050072A)

## 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 LAX81AA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81AA119), Aug 17, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N15611), San Jose, 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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