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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28R200 · Lone Pine, CA · April 27, 1984

Date
April 27, 1984 · 09:00 local
Place
Lone Pine, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N56981
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84FA374
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total100 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into high mountain passes where ceiling and visibility poor, with turbulence and freezing temperatures.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE CEILING AND VISIBILITY POOR, WITH TURBULENCE AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

NTSB investigation

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