# Accident 19820308002699A: Piper PA28R180, Carpinteria, CA, March 8, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1982, 08:10 local time
- Place: Carpinteria, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CLAA
- Location: 34.3862° N, 119.5082° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carpinteria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3862&lon=-119.5082&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7497J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7497J-1984-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,567 total, 1,784 in this make and model, 279 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUQ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUQ10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820308002699A

## Narrative

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

HAD HEAD COLD. ELECTED TO FLY LOW IN BOX CANYON. UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OR TURN. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 LAX82FUQ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUQ10), Mar 8, 1982: Piper PA-28R-180 (N7497J), Captinteria, CA, 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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