# Accident 20090314003679A: Piper PA28236, Laverne/Pomona, CA, March 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2009, 11:12 local time
- Place: Laverne/Pomona, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0525° N, 117.7972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0525&lon=-117.7972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N129AB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N129AB-2014-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090314003679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A 1390 FT HILL AT 1129 FT ELEVATION.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE AIRCRAFT FUEL CAUSED A SMALL FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS 2.4 NM FROM BRACKETT FIELD AND WAS AIRBORNE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES.  THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVERTED ON IMPACT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WEST WHEN IT IMPACTED GROUND TO THE EAST OF IT FLIGHT PATH WITH THE REMOVAL OF A 6 FT SECTION OF THE RIGHT WING.  THE RIGHT WING WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET FROM THE FINAL IMPACT SITE.  THE PILOT WAS AN INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND THE COPILOT WAS A PRIVATE PILOT TRAINING FOR HER INSTRUMENT RATING.

## 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 WPR09FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA150), Mar 14, 2009: Piper PA28-236 (N129AB), Pomona, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's spatial disorientation while flying in instrument meteorological conditions that resulted in a loss of control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent…

## Other reports on N129AB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19921230051979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921230051979A), Dec 30, 1992: Piper PA28236 (N129AB), Big Bear, CA, Substantial damage. Veered off runway into a snowbank on landing.

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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