# Accident 20040404024729A: Piper PA32R301T, Ukiah, CA, April 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2004, 08:10 local time
- Place: Ukiah, CA
- Airport: Ukiah Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1222° N, 123.2000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1222&lon=-123.2000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4130D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4130D-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 173 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040404024729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED VFR WITH A REPORTED 100 FEET OVERCAST AND VISIBILITY OF 1 AND 1/4 MILES. ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER HE COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 LAX04FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA177), Apr 4, 2004: Piper PA-32R-301T (N4130D), Ukiah, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's flight intentional flight into instrument meteorological conditions during takeoff-initial climb, which resulted in spatial disorientation, a subsequent loss of…

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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