20090413004869A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Dubois, WY · April 13, 2009

Date
April 13, 2009 · 15:00 local
Place
Dubois, WY
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N945RH
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR09CA193
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total30 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft encountered down draft and pilot could not maintain altitude to clear terrain.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED DOWN DRAFT AND PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE TO CLEAR TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

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