# Accident 20001030022869A: Piper PA28140, Gorman, CA, October 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2000, 08:10 local time
- Place: Gorman, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7939° N, 118.8522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7939&lon=-118.8522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16503, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16503-2004-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001030022869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C STALLED AND CRASHED NEAR THE I-5 FREEWAY IN GORMAN, CA. THE A/C WAS OBSERVED ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB JUST ABOVE FREEWAY TRAFFIC, AND WAS OBSERVED TO BE STRUGGLING TO CLIMB, AND THEN STALLED INTO TERRAIN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB AT THE SAME GRADE AS THE I-5 INTERSTATE FREEWAY, WHICH IS A 7% GRADE, LEADING UP TO THE 4100' ELEVATION OF THE GORMAN PASS.

## 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 LAX01LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA029), Oct 30, 2000: Piper PA-28-140 (N16503), Gorman, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was the pilot's use of impairing medications.

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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