# Accident 19800709067779A: Piper PA24260, South Lake Taho, CA, July 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8679P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 1 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800709067779A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STALLED ON CLIMB OUT. HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

## 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 LAX80FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA118), Jul 9, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N8679P), S.Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 3 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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