19871215070329A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Lakeport, CA · December 15, 1987

Date
December 15, 1987 · 13:00 local
Place
Lakeport, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N400LA
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88FA031
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total

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What happened

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

Continued flight into rolling hills with tops obscured. Impacted near crest of a hill. Pilot was scud running.

As the FAA filed it

CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO ROLLING HILLS WITH TOPS OBSCURED. IMPACTED NEAR CREST OF A HILL. PILOT WAS SCUD RUNNING.

NTSB investigation

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