19800303005879A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Lake Tahoe, CA · March 3, 1980

Date
March 3, 1980 · 17:04 local
Place
Lake Tahoe, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4180P
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA061
Reported as
Piper PA23160
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain during snow-storm. The aircraft was not equipped with any deicing systems.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN DURING SNOW-STORM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANY DEICING SYSTEMS.

NTSB investigation

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