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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32RT-300T · South Lake Taho, CA · July 25, 1981

Date: July 25, 1981 · 17:45 local
Place: South Lake Taho, CA
Airport: South Lake Tahoe
Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N22293
Reported as: Piper PA32RT300T
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 976 total90 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N22293Registered now · Piper PA-32RT-300TS/N 32R-7887253 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300T Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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Za unable to climb with full load high altitude. Wing fuselage hit trees circling to land. Landed nose wheel up.

As the FAA filed it

ZA UNABLE TO CLIMB WITH FULL LOAD HIGH ALTITUDE. WING FUSELAGE HIT TREES CIRCLING TO LAND. LANDED NOSE WHEEL UP.