# Accident 20001208023029A: Piper PA24250, Antimony, UT, December 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2000, 16:55 local time
- Place: Antimony, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0905° N, 111.9997° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0905&lon=-111.9997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8245P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8245P-2013-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001208023029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 8, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:55 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER MODEL PA-24-250, N8245P, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTIMONY, UTAH.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA AT THE OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FIELD FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 TITLE CFR PART 91.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PROVO, UTAH (PVU) AT APPROXIMATELY 1535.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METAR READINGS FORM BRYCE CANYON (KBCE) ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT INDICATED A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSAGE.  THUNDERSTORMS, SNOW, AND DROPPING TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT WERE ALSO REPORTED AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN01FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA021), Dec 8, 2000: Piper PA-24-250 (N8245P), Antimony, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, his VFR flight into IMC, lack of instrument…

## Other reports on N8245P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19981023041459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981023041459I), Oct 23, 1998: Piper PA24250 (N8245P), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. (-5)On October 23, 1998, about 2300 eastern daylight time, a Piper-24-250, N824P registered to hartford holding corp., 3511 silverside rd, ste 105, wilmington,…

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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