# Incident 19990412016949I: Piper PA60601P, Shoshone, CA, April 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1999, 13:40 local time
- Place: Shoshone, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9512° N, 116.3051° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shoshone, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9512&lon=-116.3051&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2VK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2VK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990412016949I

## Narrative

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

THIS INCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS ACCIDENT/ #LAX99LA146. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN INT'L AIRPORT (LAS), THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT 12700 MSL WHILE CLIMBING TO 14000 IN IMC CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT LOST NEARLY 8000 FEET WHILE DESCENDING, SOMETHING INVERTED, UNTIL THE PILOT REGAINED LEVEL FLIGHT BELOW THE OVERCAST IN A DESERT VALLEY. THE PILOT REFERRED TO THE EVENT AS A "TURBULENCE UPSET". STILL IN CONTACT WITH LOS ANGELES CENTER, THE PILOT RECEIVED VECTORS FIRST TO DAGGETT, THEN TO SHOSHONE, CA, WHERE HE LANDED SAFELY APPROXIMATELY 75 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF.

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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