Piper PA-28-161 N8345Y

Summary

On 1 February 1985 at about 08:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N8345Y, operated by Golden Gate Piper, was involved in an accident near Woodside, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 February 1985 at 08:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodside, California, United States

Coordinates

37.3992, -122.2894

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N8345Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Golden Gate Piper

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Carlos → San Carlos

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX85FA131

3 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

THE PLT DEPARTED SAN CARLOS FOR A 12 NM X-COUNTRY TO HALF MOON BAY, CA, WITH A RETURN LEG TO SAN CARLOS. IT IS NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE FLT ARRIVED AT HALF MOON BAY. THE ACFT CRASHED IN REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN APRX 4 NM WEST OF THE WOODSIDE VOR WHICH IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE SAN CARLOS ARPT. WITNESSES IN THE AREA STATED THAT THE TERRAIN WAS OBSCURED BY LOW CLOUDS AND RAIN ON THE EVENING OF THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.