Plane Crash List

Piper PA28-180 N8176W

18 October 1982 · Reno, Nevada, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 18 October 1982 at about 02:33 local time, a Piper PA28-180 registered N8176W, operated by Dean Calkins, was involved in an accident near Reno, Nevada, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 02:33
Classification
Accident
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States
Nearest airport
Cannon International (RNO)
Coordinates
39.4803, -119.7400
Aircraft
Piper PA28-180
Registration
N8176W
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Dean Calkins
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Las Vegas → Grand Canyon
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
LAX83LA014

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 2 1 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ON A HILLSIDE AT 5200 FEET LEVEL WHILE ON APPROACH TO CANNON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RENO, NV AT NIGHT. THE WEATHER WAS VMC. NO MALFUNCTIONS IN EQUIPMENT WERE FOUND THE PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT "FELL FROM UNDER ME". HE SAW THE TERRAIN, PULLED THE NOSE UP AND STALLED INTO THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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