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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28181 · Garberville, CA · April 28, 1985

Date
April 28, 1985 · 14:00 local
Place
Garberville, CA
Airport
Shelter Cove
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8273L
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85FA230
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total2 in this make and model2 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.

Struck a tree on a mountain ridge during climb after takeoff. Normal departure route was over water and hazy.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A TREE ON A MOUNTAIN RIDGE DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. NORMAL DEPARTURE ROUTE WAS OVER WATER AND HAZY.

NTSB investigation

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