# NTSB Accident WPR13FA386
> **PIPER PA 28** · 2013-08-24 · Tehachapi, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR13FA386
- **Event ID:** 20130824X13110
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2013-08-24
- **Location:** Tehachapi, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.101112, -118.423057
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA 28
- **Registration:** N32582
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to conduct predeparture airplane performance planning for a departure from a high density altitude location, which resulted in his selection of a flightpath toward rising terrain that the airplane was not capable of outclimbing.

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