# Accident 19821207063729A: Piper PA28140, Tahoe City, CA, December 7, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1982, 17:00 local time
- Place: Tahoe City, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- 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: N5468T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5468T-2012-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83FA414](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA414) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821207063729A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN. EXTREME TURBULENCE EXISTED. NO WEATHER BRIEFING.

## 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 LAX83FA414](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA414), Dec 8, 1982: Piper PA-28-140 (N5468T), 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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