# Accident 20100130026669A: Piper PA-28-235, Crystal, NV, January 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Crystal, NV
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3028° N, 116.0083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3028&lon=-116.0083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9083W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9083W-2013-06-04) (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 PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,954 total, 1,514 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100130026669A

## Narrative

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

ON 01/30/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS IN THE VICINITY OF IN CRYSTAL, NEVADA, AN AIRBORNE AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY EARL ROBERT GRIFFIN, STRUCK A VEHICLE WHICH WAS DRIVING OPON A RURAL ROADWAY, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLE.  THE CRASH APPEARS TO HAVE RESULTED AFTER AN INTENTIONAL ACT BY THE PILOT TO FLY WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS BEING DRIVEN BY A FRIEND OF THE PILOT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MISJUDGED THE CLOSURE RATE, RESULTING IN THE COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE.

## 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 WPR10CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA124), Jan 30, 2010: Piper PA-28-235 (N9083W), Crystal, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a ground vehicle during a low-altitude maneuver.

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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