# Accident 19840731075929A: Piper PA23250, Honeydew, CA, July 31, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1984, 09:49 local time
- Place: Honeydew, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CLAA
- Location: 40.2499° N, 124.1304° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2499&lon=-124.1304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14266 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,560 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84FA422](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA422) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840731075929A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX84FA422](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA422), Jul 31, 1984: Piper PA-23-250 (N14266), Honeydew, 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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