- Date
- July 22, 1983, 15:39 local (22:39 UTC)
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5737ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830722034689A
- Case key
- 23794
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees while trying to maneuver through a mountain pass at 13000 ft MSL with the temperature at 82DEGREES. The plt stated that the acft started a high sink rate. He checked the throttle, mags and mixture but was forcedto settle into the trees about 1 mile west of Mammoth Lakes arpt. The density alt was about 17200 ft. the service ceiling of a PA-22 is 12000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5737Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9576
- Airframe hours
- 1,635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Berj A. Nerguizian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1982 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- UDD · Palm Desert, CA
- Destination
- 022 · Sonora, CA
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 135 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTH, 40 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.