# Accident 19810828052509A: Piper PA32RT300, Happy Camp, CA, August 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1981, 09:10 local time
- Place: Happy Camp, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.8157° N, 123.3926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Happy Camp, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8157&lon=-123.3926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2174G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,175 total, 25 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810828052509A

## Narrative

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

FLYING AT TREETOP LEVEL, HEAVILY LOADED. 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 LAX81FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA122), Aug 28, 1981: Piper PA32RT (N2174G), Happy Camp, CA, destroyed, 4 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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