19860816040369A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Stanley, VA · August 16, 1986

Date
August 16, 1986 · 13:30 local
Place
Stanley, VA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N36489
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO86FIA02
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flying too low over mountain terrain. Downdraft. Tried to climb to miss rising terrain. Stalled into trees.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING TOO LOW OVER MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. DOWNDRAFT. TRIED TO CLIMB TO MISS RISING TERRAIN. STALLED INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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