# Accident 19831226063419A: Piper PA24260, Fontana, CA, December 26, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1983, 19:35 local time
- Place: Fontana, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0797° N, 117.4608° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0797&lon=-117.4608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8761P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831226063419A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A POWER TOWER AT 40 FEET AGL WHILE FLYING AT NIGHT IN NEAR ZERO IMC. VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT ADVISED ON BRIEFING.

## 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 LAX84FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA113), Dec 27, 1983: Piper PA 24-260 (N8761P), Fontana, 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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