# Accident 19931003037629A: Piper PA32300, Kernville, CA, October 3, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1993, 14:15 local time
- Place: Kernville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7295° N, 118.3903° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7295&lon=-118.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4018W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4018W-1994-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 229 total, 3 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931003037629A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON BY MISTAKE AND UNSAFE ALTITUDE. STRUCK CANYON WALL. JUST DEPARTED A AVIATION SAFETY MEETING.

## 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 LAX94FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA005), Oct 3, 1993: Piper PA-32-300 (N4018W), Kernville, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent flight into a box canyon and his failure to attain a safe altitude. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the geographic area.

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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