# Accident 19811104071559A: Piper PA23, San Fernando, CA, November 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1981, 12:55 local time
- Place: San Fernando, CA
- Airport: San Fernando
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2890° N, 118.4220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at San Fernando Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2890&lon=-118.4220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1099P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1099P-1982-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320A3B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,409 total, 31 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811104071559A

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. FEATHERED AND CLEANED UP BUT UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB TERRAIN. CRASHED. WATER, RUST, DIRT IN FUEL

## 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 LAX82FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA010), Nov 4, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N1099P), San Fernando, CA, destroyed, 2 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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