# Accident 20050618015779A: Piper PA28R180, Mt Shasta, CA, June 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2005, 15:15 local time
- Place: Mt Shasta, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4089° N, 122.1986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4089&lon=-122.1986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4506J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4506J-2013-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050618015779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2005, A PIPER PA-28R-180, N4506J, IMPACTED UPSLOPING HIGH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ON MT SHASTA, CALIFORNIA. PERSONNEL AT THE USAF'S RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER IN LANGLEY, VIRGINIA, REPORTED THAT AN EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) SIGNAL WAS FIRST RECEIVED BY SATELLITE AT 1515 ON JUNE 18. ON JUNE 20, THE AIRPLANE'S WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 11,850 FEET MSL, NEAR THE BASE OF THE KONWAKITON GLACIER IN THE MT SHASTA WILDERNESS AREA. THE AIRPLANE'S APPROXIMATE LOCATION WAS 3,700 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MT SHASTA'S 14,163-FOOT MSL PEAK. THE PILOT'S LAST KNOWN DEPARTURE LOCATION WAS THE WILLOWS-GLEN COUNTY AIRPORT, WILLOWS, CA. THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WAS THE LAST LEG OF A FLIGHT FROM SAN DIEGO, CA, TO BELLINGHAM, WA. A SEARCH FOR THE AIRPLANE COMMENCED AFTER IT FAILED TO ARRIVE IN BELLINGHAM. BELLINGHAM IS ABOUT 557 NM NORTH (347 DEGREES, MAGNETIC) OF WLW. THE ACCIDENT SITE IS ABOUT 114 NM NORTH (348 DEGREES, MAGNETIC) OF WLW. AT THIS TIME, OTHER THAN OVER FLIGHTS BY RESCUE AIRCRAFT, NO PERSONNEL HAVE VISITED THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE NTSB IIC SAID THAT SINCE THE ACCIDENT, A BOULDER HAD ROLLED INTO THE WRECKAGE, MOVING IT ABOUT 1,000 FT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND TURNING IT UPSIDEDOWN.

## 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 LAX05FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA213), Jun 18, 2005: Piper PA-28R-180 (N4506J), Mt. Shasta, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued cruise flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot's controlled flight into high mountainous terrain (CFIT).

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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