# Incident 19820404024429I: Piper PA28151, Grass Valley, CA, April 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1982, 20:30 local time
- Place: Grass Valley, CA
- Airport: Grass Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2203° N, 121.0527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grass Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2203&lon=-121.0527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8745F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8745F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820404024429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED SHORT, DAMAGED GEAR, PROPELLER. DID NOT USE HARNESS, HEAD HIT SUNVISOR. PILOT FOUND LEGALLY DRUNK.

## Other reports on N8745F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910802053199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910802053199I), Aug 2, 1991: Piper PA28151 (N8745F), Santa Rosa, NM, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a surveyors marker stake on rollout. Surveyors marker stake had been left by crew previous day.

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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