# Accident 20210622013179A: Piper PA-28-235, Big Bear, CA, June 22, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2021, 13:25 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15381, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15381-2022-10-01) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210622013179A

## Narrative

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

N15381, WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT BIG BEAR CITY AIRPORT (L35), CRASHED IN A VACANT LOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE PILOT NOTED THAT N15381 BALLOONED AND WAS DRIFTING RIGHT.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND AND APPLIED FULL POWER.  N15381 IMMEDIATELY ENTERED INTO WHAT THE PILOT DESCRIBED AS A 90 DEGREE RIGHT BANK STRIKING 30 FEET TALL WIRES BORDERING MEADOW LANE WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 26 AND IS 165 FEET NORTH OF RUNWAY 26.

## 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 WPR21LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA245), Jun 22, 2021: Piper PA-28-235 (N15381), Big Bear City, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate flare and subsequent loss of airplane control during an aborted landing in gusting wind, which resulted in impact with trees.

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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