# Accident 19820522017969A: Piper PA18150, Tahoe City, CA, May 22, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1982, 09:55 local time
- Place: Tahoe City, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1721° N, 120.1388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tahoe City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1721&lon=-120.1388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2881P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 878 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FXQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FXQ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820522017969A

## Narrative

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

FLYING LOW AND SLOW ON PHOTO FLIGHT OVER RESIDENTIAL AREA. STALLED, DIVED ALMOST VERTICALLY TO GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 LAX82FXQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FXQ08), May 22, 1982: Piper 18-150 (N2881P), Tahoe City, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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