# Accident 19810728046079A: Piper PA34200, Price, UT, July 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1981, 17:20 local time
- Place: Price, UT
- Airport: Carbon Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6040° N, 110.8004° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Price, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6040&lon=-110.8004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15817, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15817-2012-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810728046079A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FOUND DEMOLISHED NEAR AIRPORT. DENSITY ALTITUDE AND TAKEOFF WITHOUT USING TURBO BOOST MAY BE A FACTOR.

## 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 DEN81FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA054), Jul 28, 1981: Piper PA-34 (N15817), Price, UT, destroyed, 1 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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