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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Salt Lake City, UT · November 30, 1990

Date: November 30, 1990 · 12:46 local
Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N4678J
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA91FA026
Reported as: Piper PA28R180
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360B1E
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 208 total21 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N4678JRegistration cancelled May 21, 1991 · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R30578 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180

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What happened

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Caught a wing on a island ridge. Cartwheeled and burned. Was observed at 25FT AGL.

As the FAA filed it

CAUGHT A WING ON A ISLAND RIDGE. CARTWHEELED AND BURNED. WAS OBSERVED AT 25FT AGL.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB SEA91FA026Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportSalt Lake City, UTThe pilot's intentional buzzing of uninhabited island in the great Salt lake and his misjudging the timing of a pull-up maneuver to clear rising terrain of a ridgeline.Nov 30, 1990 · Destroyed