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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA31T · Delta, UT · January 17, 1982

Date
January 17, 1982 · 14:35 local
Place
Delta, UT
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N91TW
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN82FA020
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total520 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Forward nose baggage door opened during initial climb causing loss of flying speed and subsequent crash.

As the FAA filed it

FORWARD NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED DURING INITIAL CLIMB CAUSING LOSS OF FLYING SPEED AND SUBSEQUENT CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.