Piper PA-28-181 N8273L

Summary

On 28 April 1985 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N8273L, operated by Rivercity Air Charter, was involved in an accident near Garberville, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 April 1985 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Garberville, California, United States

Nearest airport

Shelter Cove (0Q5)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N8273L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rivercity Air Charter

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shelter Cove → Sacramanto

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85FA230

4 people died.

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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ACFT DEPARTED SHELTER COVE, ELEVATION 69 FT, AND HEADED EAST TOWARD A 2000 FT HIGH MOUNTAIN LOCATED 1 3/4 MILES AWAY. THEY CONTINUED TO REPORT THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING AT A SLOW RATE IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND CONTINUED OVER THE CREST INTO A CANYON WHERE IT CAME TO REST INVERTED. WITNESSES STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTING SHELTER COVE MOST PLTS FLY WEST OVER THE OCEAN TO GAIN ALT BEFORE TURNING EAST TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.