# NTSB SEA72AS026: Piper PA-28R, N3025R, Paradise, WA, January 13, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 13, 1972
- Place: Paradise, WA · PARADISE, WA
- Location: 46.7862° N, 121.7354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paradise, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7862&lon=-121.7354&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 1, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165083
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72AS026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS026

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0571  72/1/13    PARADISE,WASH       PIPER PA-28R        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 3800
        TIME - 1815                    N3025R              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PASCO,WASH                  SEATTLE,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - SNOW
           TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
          BLOWING SNOW                                             260
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           12                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- IMPACTED MT RANIER AT 6400 FT MSL,3 MI SSE OF 14408-FT PEAK.RECOVERY DATE 9/16/92.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3025R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3025R-1972-03-16), registration cancelled 1972-03-16, S/N 28R-35654, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19720113000019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19720113000019A), Jan 13, 1972: Piper PA28R200, Paradise, WA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Lost control near mt rainier at night in snow storm. Impact at 7000 ft. mt top 14400 ft. found wreck 20 years later

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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