- Date
- January 30, 1986, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2134MPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860130011009A
- Case key
- 24897
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg flt over mountainous terrain, the plt encountered instrument meteorological conditions along his route of flt. A witness observed the acft flying at about 200 ft AGL under a cloud layer, then it disappeared in a snow shower. A search was initiated & the wreckage was found later in the day when the wx had improved. The crash site was about 1 mi west of conway summit at an elevation of 8800 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2134M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816252
- Airframe hours
- 2,969
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marilyn J. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1985 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- APV · Apple Valley, 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 252 total · 176 in this make and model · 205 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MMH, 32 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.