# Accident 20060108000689A: Piper PA28235, Mammoth Lakes, CA, January 8, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2006, 14:43 local time
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Mammoth - June Lakes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6325° N, 118.8994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6325&lon=-118.8994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9124W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9124W-2007-12-01) (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 O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 566 total, 0 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060108000689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 8, 2006, PIPER N9124W DEPARTED MAMMOTH LAKES AIRPORT (MMH) WITH THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 1443 PST. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RIGHT WING FIRST THEN ENGINE IN AN INVERTED POSITION. THE PILOT AND RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 LAX06FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA082), Jan 8, 2006: Piper PA-28-235 (N9124W), Mammoth Lakes, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed resulting in a stall/spin.

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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