# Accident 19790817040879A: Piper PA34200, Wendover, UT, August 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1979, 20:20 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Airport: Afb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7240° N, 114.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wendover, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7240&lon=-114.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32418, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32418-2012-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 13 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790817040879A

## Narrative

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

BOTH PILOTS HAD BEEN DRINKING. PIC LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON NIGHT TAKEOFF OVER UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.

## 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 DEN79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA056), Aug 17, 1979: Piper PA-34 (N32418), Wendover, UT, destroyed, 6 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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