# Accident 19830207005199A: Piper PA32300, South Lake Taho, CA, February 7, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1983, 14:08 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: South Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4069R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4069R-1990-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,358 total, 1,210 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830207005199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND TAKEOFF AND THEN ABORTED, AIRCRAFT WENT OFF END OF RUNWAY AND CRASHED INTO SNOWBANK.

## 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 LAX83LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA094), Feb 7, 1983: Piper PA-32 (N4069R), So. Lake Tahoe, CA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.