# NTSB LAX80FVG21: Piper PA-32, N2906V, Angwin, CA, March 22, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: March 22, 1980
- Place: Angwin, CA · ANGWIN, CA
- Location: 38.5779° N, 122.4512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angwin, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5779&lon=-122.4512&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131859
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FVG21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG21

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0283  80/3/22    ANGWIN,CA.          PIPER PA-32         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 106
        TIME - 1915                    N2906V              PX-  0  2  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANGWIN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ANGWIN,CA.                 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED
        REMARKS- RWY UNDER REPAIR.RAN OFF L SIDE OF RWY,HIT LOOSE DIRT/BOULDERS DRG TKOF ON DARK NGT W NO RWY LGTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2906V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2906V-1982-11-22), registration cancelled 1982-11-22, S/N 32-7940195, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Angwin

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800322006769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800322006769A), Mar 22, 1980: Piper PA32300, Angwin, CA, Destroyed. Lost left wheel on night takeoff from rocky, closed, unlighted runway. Aircraft veered off runway into a rock pile.

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.

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