Aviation Accident Summary LAX83FA455

LAKE GENEVIEVE, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N4297T

PIPER PA 28-140

Analysis

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT WHILE FLYING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT & IT CRASHED. THE PILOT WAS STUDENT PILOT RATED ONLY & HAD NOT BEEN ENDORSED FOR THIS FLIGHT. HE ALSO WAS CARRYING A PASSENGER WHO SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES DURING THE CRASH.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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