- Date
- May 11, 1970
- Place
- S.Lk Tahoe, CA · S.LK TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3938TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125198
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0322 70/5/11 NR.S.LK TAHOE,CALIF PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 137 TIME - 1740 N3938T PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MODESTO,CALIF S.LK TAHOE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-5/23/70.DOWNSLOPE WIND CONDITIONS EXCEEDING ACFT CAPABILITIES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3938T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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