# Accident 19890808032559A: Piper PA60601P, Ramona, CA, August 8, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1989, 05:20 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0706° N, 116.8290° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0706&lon=-116.8290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6067Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6067Z-1991-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,843 total, 222 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89FA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890808032559A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND ENTERING LOW CEILING. DARK NIGHT AND DENSE FOG IN AREA.

## 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 LAX89FA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA268), Aug 8, 1989: Piper PA-601P (N6067Z), Ramona, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S VFR FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGIAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT DESCENT INTO THE GROUND. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.