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.
While in cruise flight at an altitude of 8500 MSL near the junction of highway 6 and highway 89 in spanish fork canyon, Utah the pilot reported seeing a dark object passing the aircraft to his right and in a direction opposite of flight and then heard a sound to the rear of the aircraft. Upon landing without incident at salt lake city, Utah (slc) it was discovered that the aircraft had received substantial damage in that a large upper section of the vertical stabilizer and a large upper section of the rudder were missing from the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 8500 MSL NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 6 AND HIGHWAY 89 IN SPANISH FORK CANYON, UTAH THE PILOT REPORTED SEEING A DARK OBJECT PASSING THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS RIGHT AND IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE OF FLIGHT AND THEN HEARD A SOUND TO THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. UPON LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (SLC) IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THAT A LARGE UPPER SECTION OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND A LARGE UPPER SECTION OF THE RUDDER WERE MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.