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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28181 · Park Valley, UT · July 29, 1984

Date
July 29, 1984 · 21:52 local
Place
Park Valley, UT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8445F
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN84FA242
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
44 total4 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Impacted terrain inverted, nose low, at high speed 50 miles off course. Dark night with possible thunderstorms.

As the FAA filed it

IMPACTED TERRAIN INVERTED, NOSE LOW, AT HIGH SPEED 50 MILES OFF COURSE. DARK NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS.

NTSB investigation

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