19791209042179A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper 601PSMITH · Bishop, CA · December 9, 1979

Date
December 9, 1979 · 13:30 local
Place
Bishop, CA
Airport
Bishop
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N600WW
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA024
Reported as
Piper 601PSMITH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,765 total500 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Appears airplane stalled at a low altitude. Rolled inverted and crashed nose down. No systems failures noted.

As the FAA filed it

APPEARS AIRPLANE STALLED AT A LOW ALTITUDE. ROLLED INVERTED AND CRASHED NOSE DOWN. NO SYSTEMS FAILURES NOTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.