# Accident 20050808017869A: Piper PA28235, Big Bear, CA, August 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2005, 13:10 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2511° N, 116.8506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2511&lon=-116.8506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8540W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8540W-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 534 total, 39 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050808017869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH FOR LANDING AT BIG BEAR, CA. MADE ABRUPT RIGHT TURN UNTIL UPSIDE DOWN CRASHING IN A DRAINAGE DITCH SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX05FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA262), Aug 8, 2005: Piper PA-28-235 (N8540W), Big Bear City, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and adequate airspeed while executing an evasive maneuver during an aborted landing, which resulted in a cross-controlled accelerated stall and impact…

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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