# Accident 19810822051419A: Piper PA28161, Colusa, CA, August 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Colusa, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2000° N, 122.0095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colusa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2000&lon=-122.0095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1005X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1005X-1983-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 450 in this make and model, 213 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810822051419A

## Narrative

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

WHEELS CAUGHT HIGH VEGETATION ON EDGE OF NARROW PRIVATE STRIP DURING TAKEOFF. VEERED INTO A DYKE.

## 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 LAX81DVG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG61), Aug 22, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N1005X), Colusa, 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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