# Accident 19740323009039A: Piper PA22160, Cedar City, UT, March 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1974
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.6775° N, 113.0619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6775&lon=-113.0619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8490D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8490D-1974-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 227 total, 74 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740323009039A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENTRD NARROW CANYON OVR GWT.UN TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN.RCVRD 3/24/74.STUDENT PLT R SEAT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN74AD045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD045), Mar 23, 1974: Piper PA-22 (N8490D), Cedar City, UT, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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