# Accident 19910307004959A: Piper PA32R300, Palm Springs, CA, March 7, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1991, 23:30 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AFQA
- Location: 33.8303° N, 116.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8303&lon=-116.5453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711PE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711PE-1991-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1E5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,315 total, 228 in this make and model, 228 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910307004959A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX91FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA124), Mar 8, 1991: Piper PA-32R-300 (N711PE), Palm Springs, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: INCAPACITATION OF THE PILOT DUE TO INADEQUATE SLEEP.

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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