# Accident 19910216002659A: Piper PA28R201T, South Lake Taho, CA, February 16, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1991, 15:10 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47569, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47569-2012-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910216002659A

## Narrative

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

NOSED UP ON FLARE FOR LANDING. PUT NOSE DOWN. NO POWER. IMPACT FOLDED NOSE GEAR.

## 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 LAX91LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA101), Feb 16, 1991: Piper PA28-201T (N47569), So. Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY COMPENSATE FOR THE WIND CONDITIONS, ABRUPTLY FLARED THE AIRPLANE, AND INADVERTENLY STALLED THE AIRPLANE. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS WINDSHEAR.

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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