19820128002089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Los Gatos, CA · January 28, 1982

Date
January 28, 1982 · 18:20 local
Place
Los Gatos, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CLAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N32678
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82FVM09
Reported as
Piper PA28151
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,750 total300 in this make and model0 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 continued flight into IMC, aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain. Ceiling reported less than 50 feet.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO IMC, AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. CEILING REPORTED LESS THAN 50 FEET.

NTSB investigation

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