# Accident 20080706840139A: Piper PA28140, Green River, UT, July 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2008, 12:40 local time
- Place: Green River, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6472° N, 110.7189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6472&lon=-110.7189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7360J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7360J-2009-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080706840139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 6, 2008 AT OR AROUND 12:40 PM LOCAL TIME, N7360J, A PIPER PA-28-140, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES NORTH OF GREEN RIVER, UT ALONG THE GREEN RIVER WHILE ATTEMPTING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND ONLY THE PASSENGER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. THE PILOT REMOVED THE PASSENGER FROM THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH RESULTED IN A WILDFIRE IN THE CANYON ALONG THE GREEN RIVER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE LOCATED BY A RIVER RAFTING GROUP THAT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE TWO MEN TO THE BANK OF THE RIVER. THEY WERE THEN MOVED BY BOAT AWAY FROM THE FIRE AND RELOCATED DOWN THE RIVER WHERE THEY STAYED OVERNIGHT WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM THE RIVER PARTY. THE NEXT MORNING, THE GROUP WAS FOUND BY ANOTHER RIVER RAFTING PARTY THAT HAD A SATELLITE PHONE WHICH WAS USED TO CALL FOR HELP. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE AIR LIFTED OUT OF THE AREA AND TAKEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 SEA08LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA160), Jul 6, 2008: Piper PA-28-140 (N7360J), East Carbon, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision to continue flight into a canyon area with questionable aircraft performance. Contributing to the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for…

## Other reports on N7360J (1)

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

- [Accident 19730715019899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730715019899A), Jul 15, 1973: Piper PA28140 (N7360J), Flaxville, MT, Substantial damage. Rwy was upslope on grass.

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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