- Date
- September 21, 1983, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Genevieve, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4297TPiper PA 28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830921050759A
- Case key
- 23516
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During cruise flight the acft encountered a downdraft while flying in mountainous terrain. The pilot lost control of the acft & it crashed. The pilot was student pilot rated only & had not been endorsed for this flight. He also was carrying a passenger who sustained fatal injuries during the crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4297T
- Reported as
- Piper PA 28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225126
- Airframe hours
- 2,854
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alan P. Radford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1983 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- TVL · Lake Tahoe, CA
- Destination
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TVL · Lake Tahoe, runway 36, 8,544 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 15 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC1, 70 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.