- Date
- March 23, 1974
- Place
- Cedar City, UT · CEDAR CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8490DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740323009039A
- Case key
- 186495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0657 74/3/23 CEDAR CITY,UT PIPER PA-22 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 227 TIME - 0910 N8490D PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR CITY,UT GALLUP,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- ENTRD NARROW CANYON OVR GWT.UN TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN.RCVRD 3/24/74.STUDENT PLT R SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8490D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.