# Accident 19911208055089A: Piper PA34200T, Pine Valley, CA, December 8, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1991, 11:00 local time
- Place: Pine Valley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8415° N, 116.5107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pine Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8415&lon=-116.5107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36506, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36506-1992-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT LTSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 931 total, 465 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911208055089A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN AT 4800 MSL,PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG DOWNDRAFT WHILE CLIMBING TO ALTITUDE.

## 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 LAX92LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA057), Dec 8, 1991: Piper PA-34-200T (N36506), Pine Valley, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MONITOR THE PROPER ALTITUDE OVER OBSERABLE RISING TERRAIN. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S ENCOUNTER WITH A STRONG DOWNDRAFT.

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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