# Accident 19821219064649A: Piper PA28161, Beatty, NV, December 19, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1982, 15:06 local time
- Place: Beatty, NV
- Airport: Frans
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9962° N, 116.7235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beatty, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9962&lon=-116.7235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8154X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8154X-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 8 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LVW02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LVW02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821219064649A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLEAR POWER LINES AND NEAR STALL. ABORTED TAKEOFF CLIMB AND CRASH LANDED IN ROUGH DESERT TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX83LVW02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LVW02), Dec 19, 1982: Piper PA-28-161 (N8154X), Beatty, NV, substantial damage

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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