# NTSB DEN70AD050: Piper PA-28, N3919T, Beaver, UT, March 21, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 21, 1970
- Place: Beaver, UT · BEAVER, UT
- Location: 38.2759° N, 112.6381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaver, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2759&lon=-112.6381&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 3, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 139127
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70AD050
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70AD050

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0102  70/3/21  NR.BEAVER,UT          PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35,
        TIME - 1700                    N3919T              PX-  1  0  4  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MIDFORD,UT                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN
        REMARKS- 2 CHILDREN IN BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT.DOOR INADVERTENTLY OPENED.CHILD FELL OUT.DEFICIENT DOOR DESIGN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3919T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage

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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