# Incident 19810830061759I: Piper PA31T1, Joshua Tree, CA, August 30, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1981, 04:45 local time
- Place: Joshua Tree, CA
- Airport: Hi Desert
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1347° N, 116.3131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joshua Tree, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1347&lon=-116.3131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2594R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2594R-1990-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,430 total, 60 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81IA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81IA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810830061759I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT POWER LINES DURING APPROACH. DIVERTED AND LANDED OK.

## 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 LAX81IA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81IA123), Aug 30, 1981: Piper PA-31T (N2594R), Joshua Tree, CA, incident, minor 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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