# Accident 19830921050759A: Piper PA28140, Lake Genevieve, CA, September 21, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1983, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lake Genevieve, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0187° N, 120.1506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0187&lon=-120.1506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4297T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4297T-2012-11-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 15 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83FA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA455) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830921050759A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON RISING TERRAIN TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A CANYON PASS. BLAMED A DOWNDRAFT.

## 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 LAX83FA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA455), Sep 21, 1983: Piper PA 28-140 (N4297T), Lake Genevieve, 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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