# Incident 19850725074479I: Piper PA28161, Los Angeles, CA, July 25, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1985, 19:54 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43248, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43248-2025-05-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850725074479I

## Narrative

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

ENTERED A GROUP ONE TCA WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM ATC.

## Other reports on N43248 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110903019229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903019229I), Sep 3, 2011: Piper PA-28-161 (N43248), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. Pilot was following " follow me vehicle" he turned to the right when he should have gone left. Pilot chose not to follow vechicle driver directions. As a…

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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