# Accident 19920709024629A: Piper PA24260, Bountiful, UT, July 9, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1992, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake Skypark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8895° N, 111.9291° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8895&lon=-111.9291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9323P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9323P-1992-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540R1A5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA92FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920709024629A

## Narrative

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

LOSING POWER ON CLIMBOUT STALLED AND DIVED TO GROUND. NR6 CYLILNDER CRACKED. VALVES TULIPPED.DAMAGE FROM DETONATION

## 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 SEA92FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA147), Jul 9, 1992: Piper PA-24-260 (N9323P), Woods Cross, UT, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT FACTOR IN THAT HE FAILED TO ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT FLYING SPEED. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: CYLINDER OVER TEMPERATURE, IMPROPER USE OF THE MIXTURE AND PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES WERE NOT…

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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