19810517026459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Livermore, CA · May 17, 1981

Date
May 17, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
Livermore, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N56961
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DVD23
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total14 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot proceeded up canyon and could not climb out. Stalled out into trees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PROCEEDED UP CANYON AND COULD NOT CLIMB OUT. STALLED OUT INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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