# Accident 20250102005289A: Piper PA-32-300, Round Mountain, NV, January 2, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2025, 12:00 local time
- Place: Round Mountain, NV
- Airport: Las Vegas-Henderson Sky Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7674° N, 116.9326° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7674&lon=-116.9326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4151R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4151R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250102005289A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN ALNOT ON JANUARY 2, 2025. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON JANUARY 19, 2025, ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN NEAR MINING TOWN ROUND MOUNTAIN WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES NORTH OF TONOPAH, NV.

THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ABOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 11,000FT ELEVATION ON MT. JEFFERSON.  THE WRECKAGE AND DECEASED WERE RECOVERED ON JANUARY 25, 2025, AND THE WRECKAGE WAS TAKEN TO A FACILITY FOR FURTHER EVALUATION TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR MAY OF 2025.  THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED FOLLOWING THAT EVALUATION.

## 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 WPR25LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA080), Jan 2, 2025: Piper PA-32-300 (N4151R), Round Mountain, NV, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Impact with mountainous terrain for reasons that could not be determined due to a lack of available evidence.

## Other reports on N4151R (1)

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

- [Incident 20120616011479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120616011479I), Jun 16, 2012: Piper PA-32-300 (N4151R), Jackson Hole, WY, Minor damage. On June 16, 2012 at approximately 1550 hrs MDT, N4151R, a Piper model PA-32-300CHEROKEE aircraft sustained minor damage while landing at Jackson, WY (kjac)…

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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