# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-161, UT

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW98LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA352.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Huntsville, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1998 · N54TM · Destroyed
  > The flight instructor's failure to ensure adequate altitude/clearance with terrain, resulting in an encounter with a downdraft, loss of airspeed, onset of a stall/mush, and collision with high terrain.. Contributing factors were high density altitude,…
- [NTSB SEA96LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA048.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 3, 1995 · N30119 · Destroyed
  > a carburetor fire.
- [NTSB SEA93LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA215.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Tooele, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 1993 · N21170 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor contributing to the accident was the fence.
- [NTSB SEA92FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA042.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Ogden, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1992 · N4370B · Destroyed
  > The improper decision by the instructor pilot to perform maintenance in flight and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors relating to the accident were the dark night light conditions, mountainous terrain in the area, and the instructor diverting…
- [NTSB SEA92LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA012.md): Piper PA28-161 · Duchesne, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 1991 · N8379V · Substantial damage
  > Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inattention and becoming lost. A factor to the accident was the night conditions.
- [NTSB DEN90LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA062.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Nephi, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 22, 1990 · N81658 · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain direction control and correct the resultant ground swerve. The snow bank was a related factor.
- [NTSB DEN88FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA096.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Milford, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 14, 1988 · N3850M · Destroyed
  > The plt (with a recent instrument rating) rcvd a wx briefing fm cedar city (cdc) fss & filed an IFR flt plan fm provo (pvu) to st george (sgu). Current sgu wx wasn't available, but wx for cdc (abt 45 mi nne) was provided. The plt was adzdof moist unstable…
- [NTSB DEN88FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA037.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Draper, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 15, 1987 · N2138J · Destroyed
  > Drg a ngt flt to reposition the acft to its home base, the eng lost pwr as the plt was cruising at about 1000' AGL. He transmitted a 'mayday' call & maneuvered the acft to make a forced lndg on an interstate hiway. While apchg to lnd, the acft struck the top…
- [NTSB DEN85LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA197.md): Piper PA-28 · Bountiful, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1985 · N2203D · Substantial damage
  > The student plt departed the arpt to practice touch-&-go landings. On the 5th apch, the acft was observed to be low. The plt failed to add pwr and the acft contacted an arpt boundary fence.
- [NTSB DEN81FTM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTM13.md): Piper PA-28 · Alton, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Mar 26, 1981 · N47865 · Destroyed
- [NTSB DEN80FTM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTM21.md): Piper PA-28 · Nephi, UT · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 26, 1980 · N2138J · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA022.md): Piper PA-28 · Logan, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Feb 17, 1979 · N3893M · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
- [NTSB DEN78FTM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTM12.md): Piper PA-28 · Provo, UT · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 12, 1978 · N47865 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'UT' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102803', '7102834'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102803&state=UT

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