# Accident 19830913048839A: Piper PA38112, South Lake Taho, CA, September 13, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1983, 16:36 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: South Lake Taho
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8686° N, 119.9773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8686&lon=-119.9773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9734T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9734T-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 100 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83FA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA439) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830913048839A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN AFTER TAKEOFF. STALLED TRYING TO LAND ON A GOLF COURSE. OVER GROSS AND AFT CG.

## 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 LAX83FA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA439), Sep 13, 1983: Piper PA-38-112 (N9734T), S. Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 1 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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