# Accident 19771214042849A: Piper PA31350, Lake Tahoe, CA, December 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1977
- Place: Lake Tahoe, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66895 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,980 total, 340 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771214042849A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTS TO 25K.

## 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 OAK78FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA009), Dec 14, 1977: Piper PA-31 (N66895), Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage

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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