19961027033739A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Indio Hills, CA · October 27, 1996

Date
October 27, 1996 · 18:37 local
Place
Indio Hills, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2157P
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX97FA027
Reported as
Piper PA44180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360E1A6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total300 in this make and model

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Radar indicates right steep turn. Lost contact. Autopsy shows alcohol piabetus hyper and hardening of arteries.

As the FAA filed it

RADAR INDICATES RIGHT STEEP TURN. LOST CONTACT. AUTOPSY SHOWS ALCOHOL PIABETUS HYPER AND HARDENING OF ARTERIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.