19890830033139A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Dutch John, UT · August 30, 1989

Date
August 30, 1989 · 12:15 local
Place
Dutch John, UT
Airport
Dutch John Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7111W
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89LA203
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
116 total116 in this make and model15 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.

Tried to depart into severe gusty surface winds. Veered into crosswind,lifted off too early,hit a tree and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO DEPART INTO SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. VEERED INTO CROSSWIND,LIFTED OFF TOO EARLY,HIT A TREE AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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