# Accident 19960901025639A: Piper PA28236, Paradise, CA, September 1, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1996, 13:45 local time
- Place: Paradise, CA
- Airport: Paradise Skypark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7106° N, 121.6165° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PARADISE SKYPARK (CA92), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7106&lon=-121.6165&mi=10
- Aircraft: N627WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N627WB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 7 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960901025639A

## Narrative

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

NO WEATHER BRIEF PRIOR DEPARTURE. TURNED BACK BUT AIRPORT FOGGED IN. DESCENDED THRU HOLE. ON LANDING HIT ROCKS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N627WB (1)

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

- [Accident 19850601025769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850601025769A), Jun 1, 1985: Piper PA28236 (N627WB), Concordia, KS, Substantial damage. Landed downwind at night after goaround. Ran off end of runway and struck a small ridge.

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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