# Accident 20030825022299A: Piper PA28180, Palma Valley, CA, August 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2003, 10:15 local time
- Place: Palma Valley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2872° N, 116.9564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2872&lon=-116.9564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15285, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15285-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,656 total, 600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03CA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03CA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030825022299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MONDAY 8/25/2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1015PDT, A PA-28-180 OWNED BY AERO STAR INC., LEWIS, DEL. AND OPERATED BY JACK D. NICKOLISON, CRASHED AS A RESULT OF ADMITTED PILOT ERROR AND A STALL. THE FLIGHT WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED IN VFR CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE ON THE GROUND. THE PIC HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE, (ASEL, AMEL) WITH INSTRUMENT RATING, (ASEL, AMEL). THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PALOMAR AIRPORT, (CRQ), CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ON AUGUST 25, 2003 AT 1000 PDT.

## 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 LAX03CA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03CA263), Aug 25, 2003: Piper PA-28-180 (N15285), Pauma Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall. The rising terrain was a factor.

## Other reports on N15285 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760326006089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760326006089A), Mar 26, 1976: Piper PA28180 (N15285), La Pine, OR, Substantial damage. Lnd due enroute wea. Strip closed. Hit yellow painted auto tires shaped in x form on rwy.
- [Accident 19740515015149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740515015149A), May 15, 1974: Piper PA28180 (N15285), Mulino, OR, Substantial damage

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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