- Date
- November 26, 1982, 20:05 local (Nov 27, 1982, 04:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1949HPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821127061609A
- Case key
- 71431
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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 non-instrument rated pilot took off at about 2003 PST. The weather at the marysville fss (20 NM north) was; thin obscured, 500 ft overcast, 2 miles visibility with fog. The plane crashed about 1800 ft northeast of runway 33.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1949H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-771606F
- Airframe hours
- 862
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Darril Spencer Jr.
- Registered owner
- Darril Spencer Jr.
- Departed
- 051 · Lincoln, CA
- Airport
- 051 · Lincoln Municipal, runway 33, 3,700 × 100 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Observed at
- MYV, 20 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.