# Accident 19850405011009A: Piper PA28161, Tahoe Paradise, CA, April 5, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1985, 11:05 local time
- Place: Tahoe Paradise, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N80530, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80530-2014-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 665 total, 90 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85FXQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FXQ01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850405011009A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO NARROW BOX CANYON ON SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. HIT TREES AND GROUND. DENSITY ALTITUDE 11600 FEET.

## 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 LAX85FXQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FXQ01), Apr 5, 1985: Piper PA-28-161 (N80530), Tahoe Paradise, CA, substantial damage

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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