# Accident 19850126034009A: Piper PA28161, Bickleton, WA, January 26, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1985, 21:09 local time
- Place: Bickleton, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9202° N, 120.1893° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9202&lon=-120.1893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4369F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 19 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA85FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850126034009A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO LOWERING CEILINGS DUE TO RISING TERRAIN. IMPACTED GROUND IN LEVEL ATTITUDE. FLIPPED AND SLID INVERTED.

## 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 SEA85FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA048), Jan 27, 1985: Piper PA-28-161 (N4369F), Bickleton, WA, destroyed, 2 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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