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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA23250 · Honeydew, CA · July 31, 1984

Date
July 31, 1984 · 09:49 local
Place
Honeydew, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CLAA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N14266
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84FA422
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
28,560 total5,000 in this make and model200 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.

Witnesses saw aircraft fly through fog or small cloud into box valley. Tried wingover to get out, hit ridge spur.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES SAW AIRCRAFT FLY THROUGH FOG OR SMALL CLOUD INTO BOX VALLEY. TRIED WINGOVER TO GET OUT, HIT RIDGE SPUR.

NTSB investigation

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