# Accident 19830817041789A: Piper PA28181, Santa Rosa, CA, August 17, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1983, 05:50 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5097° N, 122.8129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5097&lon=-122.8129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5698V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5698V-1984-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 99 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83FA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA390) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830817041789A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED IN NEAR ZERO FOG. WAS CLEARED TO TURN BACK ON CLIMBOUT AND CRASHED ON AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX83FA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA390), Aug 17, 1983: Piper PA-28-181 (N5698V), Santa Rosa, CA, destroyed, 2 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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