# Accident 20080628841829A: Piper PA32300, Las Vegas, NV, June 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2008, 14:50 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2639° N, 115.6569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2639&lon=-115.6569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4063W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4063W-2010-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080628841829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS PILOTS LOG BOOK. IT IS ASSUMED HIS LOG BOOK WAS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT CRASHED AND BURNED. ESTIMATED FLIGHT TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 300 HOURS TOTAL. ON JUNE 28, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 LOCAL TIME. A PIPER PA-32-300 (NON TURBO CHARGED), N4063W, CRASHED AND BURNED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN (A BOX CANYON) NEAR MOUNT CHARLESTON, NEVADA. THE GPS COORDINATES WERE 36 DEGREES 15,838 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND 115 DEGREES 39.418 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALITY INJURED.  N4063 WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 LAX08FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA203), Jun 28, 2008: Piper PA-32-300 (N4063W), Mount Charleston, NV, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from mountainous terrain and his selection of a cruise altitude that provided inadequate terrain clearance. Contributing to the accident were the high…

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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