# Accident 19920125001059A: Piper PA28161, Mountain Pass, CA, January 25, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1992, 11:45 local time
- Place: Mountain Pass, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4703° N, 115.5450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain Pass, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4703&lon=-115.5450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8432K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8432K-1992-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 85 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920125001059A

## Narrative

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

WRECKAGE INDICATES STALL SPIN ACCIDENT IN REMOTE DESERT COUNTRY. VFR CONDITIONS.

## 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 LAX92FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA102), Jan 25, 1992: Piper PA28-161 (N8432K), Mountain Pass, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOTS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE AIRCRAFT'S AIRSPEED ABOVE THE STALL SPEED (VS) THAT RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO A STALL/SPIN.

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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