- Date
- August 16, 1992, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Bidwell, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1974APiper PA-20-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920816031459A
- Case key
- 27447
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall while maneuvering. Contributing to the accident was pilot's diverted attention.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Piper pa 20-135 collided with upward sloping terrain. The pilot told a fireman, that he was searching for a hunting area in the region and saw a herd of antelope. He turned the airplane to track the herd and subsequently stalled the airplane in the turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1974A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-883
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Green, Morley S.
- Registered owner
- Green, Morley S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1991
- Departed
- O59 · Cedarville, CA
- Destination
- O59
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 372 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Observed at
- 4LW, 33 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.