37.8685° N, 109.3362° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Monticello, UT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 22, 2018 · 17:00 local
Place
Monticello, UT
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
C-GYGY
Reported as
Piper PA32R-300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
597 total38 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.
The aircraft departed grand junction, CO. Early afternoon of the 22nd of February, 2018. Weather was snow storms. Approximently 15 miles south east of Monticello ut. The pilot became disorented, and crashed in a field at a high rate of speed.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GRAND JUNCTION, CO. EARLY AFTERNOON OF THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY, 2018. WEATHER WAS SNOW STORMS. APPROXIMENTLY 15 MILES SOUTH EAST OF MONTICELLO UT. THE PILOT BECAME DISORENTED, AND CRASHED IN A FIELD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.