# Accident 19821008051949A: Piper PA28161, Sanbornton, NH, October 8, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1982, 21:25 local time
- Place: Sanbornton, NH
- Airport: Laconia Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5730° N, 71.4178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LACONIA MUNI (LCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5730&lon=-71.4178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9535C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9535C-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,675 total, 1,675 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821008051949A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HILL ALONG LOCALIZER PATH TO AIRPORT IN VERY ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

## 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 NYC83FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA005), Oct 9, 1982: Piper PA-28-161 (N9535C), Sanbornton, NH, 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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