19821225066679A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-14 · Mesa Grande, CA · December 25, 1982

Date
December 25, 1982 · 14:15 local
Place
Mesa Grande, CA
Airport
Simpson Ranch
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4230H
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83FA061
Reported as
Piper PA14
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total2,500 in this make and model30 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.

The aircraft impacted the ground during landing. Suspect gusting tailwind led to aircraft stall at low altitude.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING LANDING. SUSPECT GUSTING TAILWIND LED TO AIRCRAFT STALL AT LOW ALTITUDE.

NTSB investigation

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