# Accident 20021216034459A: Piper PA24250, Anaheimhills, CA, December 16, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2002, 22:30 local time
- Place: Anaheimhills, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8344° N, 117.7761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8344&lon=-117.7761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6268P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6268P-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021216034459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE 10 MILES NORTH OF SNA AIRPORT WHILE BEING VECTORED TO THE ILS APPROACH IN IMC CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT BROKE UP INFLIGHT AND PARTS WERE SCATTERED OVER A 1/4 MILE AREA IN ANAHEIM HILLS. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A GARAGE AND CAUGHT FIRE. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE KILLED. NOBODY ON THE GROUND WAS INJURED.

## 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 LAX03FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA051), Dec 16, 2002: Piper PA-24-250 (N6268P), Anaheim Hills, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's encounter with forecast severe turbulence during an inadvertent penetration of an intense weather cell, which resulted in the pilot exceeding the design structural limits of the airplane.…

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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