# Accident 19961121036189A: Piper PA28236, Lost Hills, CA, November 21, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1996, 20:34 local time
- Place: Lost Hills, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6099° N, 119.8994° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6099&lon=-119.8994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8447B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8447B-2018-01-26) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 687 total, 570 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961121036189A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CAME APART IN AIR. CLOUDS RAIN IN AREA. DESIGN LOAD EXCEEDED. POSSIBLE SPIRAL DIVE AND ABRUPT PULL UP.

## 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 LAX97FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA047), Nov 21, 1996: Piper PA-28-236 (N8447B), Lost Hills, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which led to spatial disorientation and loss of aircraft control, and the pilot exceeding the aircraft's design stress…

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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