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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Palm Springs, CA · March 7, 1991

Date
March 7, 1991 · 23:30 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AFQA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N711PE
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX91FA124
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1E5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,315 total228 in this make and model228 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Flew into side of mountain. Clear but dark night, severe weather hampered recovery, cause unknown.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF MOUNTAIN. CLEAR BUT DARK NIGHT, SEVERE WEATHER HAMPERED RECOVERY, CAUSE UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

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