# Accident 19851208076759A: Piper PA28201T, Southlake Tahoe, CA, December 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1985, 16:45 local time
- Place: Southlake Tahoe, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2854R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2854R-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-201T (registry code 7102819, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 63 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX86FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851208076759A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN SHORTLY AFTER A VFR DEPARTURE. NO RECORD OF A WEATHER BRIEFING. NO IFR RATING.

## 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 LAX86FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA061), Dec 9, 1985: Piper PA-28-201T (N2854R), So. Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 3 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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