- Date
- August 29, 1970
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8936CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1252 70/8/29 SALT LAKE CITY,UT PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0402 N8936C PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 27, 5769 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT ST.GEORGE,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- R WG STRUCK POWERLINE SUPPORT TOWER SHORTLY AFTER T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8936C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salt Lake City
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