ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35008
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Date: | Wednesday 21 September 1983 |
Time: | 14:00 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-140 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N4297T |
MSN: | 28-7225126 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2854 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lake Genevieve , CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Lake Tahoe, CA (TVL) |
Destination airport: | Santa Rosa, CA (STS) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT WHILE FLYING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT & IT CRASHED. THE PILOT WAS STUDENT PILOT RATED ONLY & HAD NOT BEEN ENDORSED FOR THIS FLIGHT. HE ALSO WAS CARRYING A PASSENGER WHO SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES DURING THE CRASH. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X44571 Revision history:
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