38.0304° N, 120.4146° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 11, 1995 · 12:55 local
Place
Columbia, CA
Airport
Columbia Airport
Phase of flight
Scud Running
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CFCNW
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Landed on highway due low fuel. Departed into low ceiling, fog. Lost control and crashed. Spiral dive indicated.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED ON HIGHWAY DUE LOW FUEL. DEPARTED INTO LOW CEILING, FOG. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. SPIRAL DIVE INDICATED.