# NTSB DEN66F0064: Piper PA-28, N5459W, Snowville, UT, August 9, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 9, 1965
- Place: Snowville, UT · SNOWVILLE, UT
- Location: 41.9728° N, 112.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Snowville, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9728&lon=-112.7164&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 9, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66F0064
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66F0064

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2018   65/8/9    SNOWVILLE UT        PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 145
        TIME - 0700                    N5459W              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5459W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5459W-1973-09-13), registration cancelled 1973-09-13, S/N 28-538, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (registry code 7102806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N5459W (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 DEN73FQA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73FQA14), Aug 15, 1972: Piper PA-28 (N5459W), Counselors, NM, destroyed

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.

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