19920816031459A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA20135 · Fort Bidwell, CA · August 16, 1992

Date
August 16, 1992 · 09:45 local
Place
Fort Bidwell, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1974A
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX92FA351
Reported as
Piper PA20135
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
470 total372 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Stalled during steep turn at low altitude to follow a herd of antelope. Fire erupted causing two fatalities.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED DURING STEEP TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE TO FOLLOW A HERD OF ANTELOPE. FIRE ERUPTED CAUSING TWO FATALITIES.

NTSB investigation

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