# Accident 19820121001719A: Piper PA23250, Bagdad, AZ, January 21, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1982, 08:45 local time
- Place: Bagdad, AZ
- Airport: Bagdad
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5004° N, 113.0708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5004&lon=-113.0708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40291, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40291-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUJ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820121001719A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO MOUNTAIN AFTER ATTEMTPING LANDING AT NEARBY AIRPORT WHERE WEATHER PREVENTED LANDING.

## 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 LAX82FUJ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ25), Jan 21, 1982: Piper PA-23-250 (N40291), Bagdad, AZ, destroyed

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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