- Date
- February 14, 1981
- Place
- Salton Sea, CA · SALTON SEA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47831Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810214005459A
- Case key
- 127180
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0136 81/2/14 SALTON SEA,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N47831 PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA VERN,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- STOLEN ACFT FOUND ABANDONED IN DESERT.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47831
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N47831Registration cancelled Feb 20, 2020 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N47831 · 1
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