N456L (Piper PA-28-180) — accident record & aircraft history

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on February 19, 1981.

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

March 27, 1980AccidentHull loss
Inadequate Preflight Preparation And/Or Planning; Improper In-Flight Decisions Or Planning; Icing Conditions-Includes Sleet,Freezing Rain,Etc.; Airframe Ice; Improperly Loaded Aircraft-Weight-And/Or C.G.
Beech 200 · 10 fatalities
The probable cause of the accident was the rapid accumulation of ice on the underwing surface aft of the deicing boots which destroyed the aircraft's capability to maintain level flight because the flightcrew: failed to obtain a current weather briefing before departure; failed to make a timely decision to discontinue the climb and return to Arapahoe… Full accident record