# Accident 19790205002319A: Piper PA32300, Morman Lake, AZ, February 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1979, 15:45 local time
- Place: Morman Lake, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9116° N, 111.4481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mormon Lake, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9116&lon=-111.4481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4100W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4100W-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,431 total, 351 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUJ43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUJ43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790205002319A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISJUDGED HEIGHT ABOVE FROZEN LAKE DURING LOW PASS. STRUCT SNOW-COVERED SURFACE, FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 LAX79FUJ43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUJ43), Feb 5, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N4100W), Morman Lake, AZ, destroyed

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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