# Accident 19800325008169A: Piper PA24250, Tehachapi, CA, March 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1980, 17:45 local time
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1430° N, 118.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tehachapi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1430&lon=-118.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7358P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7358P-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 270 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800325008169A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SIDE OF RIDGE TRYING TO FLY THROUGH A PASS VFR IN HEAVY SNOW STORM. ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED.

## 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 LAX80FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA071), Mar 25, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N7358P), Tehachapi, 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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