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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Farmington, UT · August 4, 1992

Date
August 4, 1992 · 07:00 local
Place
Farmington, UT
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7091C
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA92LA173
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
499 total32 in this make and model33 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.

On climbout turned into blind canyon. Encountered downdraft. Unable to clear terrain tail hit tree. Crashe and burned

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMBOUT TURNED INTO BLIND CANYON. ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT.UNABLE TO CLEAR TERRAIN TAIL HIT TREE.CRASHE AND BURNED

NTSB investigation

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