# NTSB LAX81DVA21: Piper PA-28, N38916, Bakersfield, CA, January 22, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 22, 1981
- Place: Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX81DVA21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA21

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0140  81/1/22    BAKERSFIELD,CA      PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 69, 250
        TIME - 1900                    N38916              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKERSFIELD AIRPK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          IMPERIAL,CA                 BAKERSFIELD,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N38916 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bakersfield Airpk

## 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 19810122001449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810122001449A), Jan 22, 1981: Piper PA28161, Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Overshot runway on downwind night landing. Ran off end of runway into a fence.

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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