- Date
- January 3, 1983, 18:05 local (Jan 4, 1983, 02:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1931TPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830103000689A
- Case key
- 23579
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Analysis
After departure from the Mammoth Lakes arpt (elev 7128 ft), the acft was slow to climb & eng power began to deteriorate. It was dark & the plt was unable to reach the departure arpt, so he began an emergency landing on the northbound lanes of highway 395. All of the traffic was southbound in that area. The plt had difficulty seeing the northbound lanes. During the landing, the right wing hit a snowbank on the right side of the road. No cause for the eng malfunciton was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1931T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7110017
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Klein Gilhousen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1982
- Departed
- MMF · Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Destination
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Airport
- MMF · Mammoth
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 344 total · 180 in this make and model · 277 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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