- Date
- January 8, 1972
- Place
- Mona, UT · MONA, UT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4693JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0031 72/1/8 MONA,UT PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1116 N4693J PX- 0 2 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE 26, 1719 TOTAL HOURS, 118 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILFORD,UT RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TRIED TO TURN AROUND IN NARROW CANYON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4693J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage