- Date
- May 22, 1982, 09:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Tahoe City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2881PPiper 18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820522017969A
- Case key
- 72781
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The float equipped aircraft departed on a local photography mission. The passenger wanted to take aerial photographs of the city area. After flying around the area for about 25 minutes, the aircraft crashed on a street. A witness observed the aircraft flying at low altitude. He stated that the plane was going very slow when it turned right and then seem to stall and go straight down. A teardown of the engine revealed no abnormal conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2881P
- Reported as
- Piper 18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 184478
- Airframe hours
- 2,284
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Cal Vada Aircraft Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Cal Vada Aircraft Incorporated
- Departed
- Tahoe City, CA
- Destination
- Tahoe City, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 791 total · 17 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.