# Accident 19810228009599A: Piper PA32300, Escalante, UT, February 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Escalante, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7624° N, 111.5972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escalante, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7624&lon=-111.5972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4243T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4243T-1984-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810228009599A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN. STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAIN RIDGE. WAS IN HABIT OF GRAZING RIDGES ON CLIMB.

## 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 DEN81FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA033), Feb 28, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N4243T), Escalante, 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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