# Accident 19830526025609A: Piper PA28151, Norco, CA, May 26, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1983, 22:50 local time
- Place: Norco, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9259° N, 117.5265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9259&lon=-117.5265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54363, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54363-2013-01-30) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 31 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83FA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526025609A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT DEPARTED INTO DENSE FOG AND HAZE. ANGLE OF IMPACT INDICATES A LOSS OF CONTROL. NO SIGN OFF FOR THE FLIGHT.

## 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 LAX83FA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA253), May 27, 1983: Piper PA-28-151 (N54363), Norco, CA, destroyed, 1 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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