# Accident 19921030044489A: Piper PA24180, Kelso, CA, October 30, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1992, 19:25 local time
- Place: Kelso, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0125° N, 115.6536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kelso, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0125&lon=-115.6536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7902P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7902P-1993-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,303 total, 80 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921030044489A

## Narrative

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

WRECKAGE AND WEATHER INDICATED LOSS OF CONTROL EN ROUTE AT NIGHT. FORECAST FOR MOUNTAINS OBSCURED RAIN,TURBULENCE .

## 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 LAX93FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93FA024), Oct 31, 1992: Piper PA-24-180 (N7902P), Kelso, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING; HIS INADEQUATE WEATHER EVALUATION; AND HIS INTENTIONAL VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE TURBULENCE, RAIN…

## Other reports on N7902P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860813047189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860813047189I), Aug 13, 1986: Piper PA24 (N7902P), Rockport, TX, Minor damage. Rod assembly on nose gear broke on landing, allowing the nose gear to collapse.

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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