# Accident 19820612021589A: Piper PA28161, Yorba Linda, CA, June 12, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1982, 21:55 local time
- Place: Yorba Linda, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8890° N, 117.7721° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yorba Linda, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8890&lon=-117.7721&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8311Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 61 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820612021589A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL FROM SPATIAL DISORIENTATION ON A HAZY DARK NIGHT WITH LOWER CLOUDS IN AREA.

## 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 LAX82FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA219), Jun 13, 1982: Piper PA-28-161 (N8311Z), Yorba Linda, CA, destroyed, 4 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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