# Accident 19810802048919A: Piper PA28140, South Lake Taho, CA, August 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1981, 15:50 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N2300T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2300T-1983-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810802048919A

## Narrative

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

LOADED NEAR GROSS, HOT DAY, HIGH ALTITUDE TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN. MADE NON-STANDARD DEPARTURE.

## 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 LAX81FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA114), Aug 2, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2300T), So Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N2300T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800924077819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800924077819I), Sep 24, 1980: Piper PA28140 (N2300T), San Luis Obispo, CA, Minor damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to porpoise during flare damaging propeller.

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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