- Date
- July 28, 1984, 19:30 local (Jul 29, 1984, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Willows, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N80AHPiper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840728038709A
- Case key
- 23983
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Low pass - performed
Maneuver - initiatedFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft was observed to pitch up from a level flight attitude from about 300 ft AGL. The acft then pitched down & impacted the ground in a near vertical attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80AH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11-218
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lederer Instruments
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- WLW · Willows, CA
- Airport
- WLW · Willows Glenn Co., runway 6, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.