# Accident 20170604007009A: Piper PA-28-180, Moorpark, CA, June 4, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2017, 15:29 local time
- Place: Moorpark, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2422° N, 118.8667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2422&lon=-118.8667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4871L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4871L-2017-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170604007009A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 4TH, 2017 AT APPROX. 1529 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, N4871L, A STANDARD, EXPIRED-REGISTERED PA-28-180 PIPER CHEROKEE, IMPACTED THE GROUND AT 2660 MARVELLA COURT, SANTA ROSA VALLEY, CA 93012.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED POST-IMPACT. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14CFR PART 91, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  N4871L DEPARTED KCMA AND WAS PREFORMING PLANNED AERIAL MANEUVERS OVER THE PASSENGER?S RESIDENCE.  THE AIRCRAFT PREFORMED SEVERAL TURNS, FOLLOWED BY A POWERED DESCENT TO A LOW-LEVEL ALTITUDE PRIOR TO IMPACTING AN ELECTRICAL WIRE AND SUBSEQUENT GROUND IMPACT.

PASSENGER #1 WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE 15 Y/O SON OF THE PILOT.    THE PASSENGER WAS LOCATED IN THE LEFT-FRONT SEAT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RIGHT-SEATED PILOT DOES NOT HOLD A CFI CERTIFICATE.  IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF THE PILOT WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED TO MAKE THIS PASSENGER CARRYING FLIGHT.

## 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 WPR17FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA120), Jun 4, 2017: Piper PA 28-180 (N4871L), Santa Rosa Valley, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while intentionally maneuvering in a steep bank at low altitude, which resulted in an accelerated aerodynamic stall and subsequent…

## Other reports on N4871L (1)

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

- [Incident 19780623036369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780623036369I), Jun 23, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N4871L), Deer Park, WA, Minor damage. Taxiing aircraft struck an auto which had driven in front of it.

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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