- Date
- February 18, 1968
- Place
- Fry Canyon, UT · FRY CANYON, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8158PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111518
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1119 68/2/18 FRY CANYON,UT PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, UNK/NR TIME - 1320 N8158P PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NOKAI MINING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- IMPROPER SHORT FLD TECHNIQUE.NO FLAP T/O FROM UNIMPROVED MARGINAL STRIP.ACFT STRUCK BOULDERS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8158P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nokai Mining
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