# Accident 19791209042179A: Piper 601PSMITH, Bishop, CA, December 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Airport: Bishop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3731° N, 118.3636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP (BIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3731&lon=-118.3636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600WW-1982-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 601PSMITH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,765 total, 500 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209042179A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX80FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA024), Dec 9, 1979: Aerostar 601P (N600WW), Bishop, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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