# Accident 19921206049479A: Piper PA28181, December 6, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1992, 00:01 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N81453, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81453-1994-11-17) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 25 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93FAMS2) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921206049479A

## Narrative

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

BECAME MISSING ON FLIGHT FROM SANTA BARBARA TO PALO ALTO. NO TRACE FOUND. VFR FLIGHT NOT RECOMMENDED.

## 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 LAX93FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93FAMS2), Dec 6, 1992: Piper PA-28-181 (N81453), Missing Acft, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

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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