Piper PA-28-181 accident near Caliente, CA
On September 21, 1996, a Piper PA-28-181 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Caliente, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 21, 1996
- Place
- Caliente, CA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-181 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.400°N, 118.510°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06765
NTSB summary
History of Flight On September 21, 1996, about 1530 hours Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA28-181, N2393W, lost control in-flight and crashed about 1 mile east/northeast of Shadow Mountain Airstrip, Caliente, California. The pilots were conducting a visual flight rules instructional/personal flight. The airplane, registered to a private individual and operated by Burbank Flying Club, Burbank, California, was destroyed by impact and the postimpact fire. Three of the occupants, including the certificated commercial pilot/flight instructor occupying the right front seat and the noncertificated student pilot occupying the left front seat, sustained fatal injuries; one passenger was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Burbank Airport at 1435. The registered owner of the accident airplane told Safety Board investigators in an interview conducted on October 1, 1996, that he leases the airplane to the Burbank Flying Club. About 2 weeks before the accident he scheduled the airplane for an instrument lesson at 1500 on September 21, 1996. When he arrived at Burbank Flying Club he learned that the instructor aboard the airplane erased his name from the schedule and inserted his (the instructor's) name. Safety Board investigators interviewed several ground witnesses. None of the witness, however, observed the crash. A ground witness reported that he was in his yard, about 100 yards south of Shadow Mountain Airstrip when he observed a predominantly white low wing airplane attempt to land toward the east. The airplane went around and mad
Probable cause
improper in-flight planning/decision by the flight instructor (CFI) by allowing the airplane to flying into a box canyon area, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with wooded terrain. The CFI's selection of the wrong runway and the resultant tailwind were related factors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
