# Accident 19811206080309A: Piper PA23250, Tucson, AZ, December 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1981, 20:52 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13792, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13792-2011-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 876 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811206080309A

## Narrative

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

ILLEGAL DRUG FLIGHT. PILOT FLEW LOW WITH LIGHTS OFF AT NIGHT TO AVOID DETECTION. STRUCK THE TOP OF A POWERLINE POLE

## 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 LAX82FUJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ17), Dec 6, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N13792), Tucson, AZ, 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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