# NTSB DEN71AD009: Piper PA-22, N8936C, Salt Lake City, UT, August 29, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 29, 1970
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 153857
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN71AD009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN71AD009

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8936C-1970-09-15), registration cancelled 1970-09-15, S/N 22-1533, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (registry code 7102206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Salt Lake City

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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