19810612032909A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Riverside, OR · June 12, 1981

Date
June 12, 1981 · 11:00 local
Place
Riverside, OR
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9437P
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81FA040
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,249 total893 in this make and model45 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.

Aircraft crashed during thunderstorm on IFR flight. Aircraft equipped with stormscope.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING THUNDERSTORM ON IFR FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH STORMSCOPE.

NTSB investigation

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