# Accident 20100509004909A: Piper PA-28-235, Livermore, CA, May 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2010, 10:28 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8117° N, 121.8019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8117&lon=-121.8019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56626, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56626-2010-11-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 983 total, 0 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100509004909A

## Narrative

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

LIVERMORE, CA (LVK): N56626, PA28-235 WAS FLYING UNDER VFR CONDITIONS AND LOST RADIO/RADAR CONTACT WITH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TRACON AT 2,800FT AND CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN ROUGH TERRAIN 8.3 MILES NORTH OF THE LIVERMORE, CA AIRPORT (LVK).  THERE WERE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD AND BOTH WERE FATAL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR10FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA234), May 9, 2010: Piper PA-28-235 (N56626), Livermore, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a collision with obstacles and terrain.

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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