DEN75FTM05

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Salt Lake City, UT · September 8, 1974

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 8, 1974
Place
Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N7511WPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report October 29, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19740908031069A
Case key
136768

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2873   74/9/8    SALT LAKE CITY,UT   PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 602
        TIME - 1730                    N7511W              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EVANSTON,WYO                SALT LAKE CITY,UT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- ENG OPERATED SATISFACTORILY AFTER ACCIDENT.RELATIVE HUMIDITY NOT REPORTED.

Aircraft

Registration
N7511W
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Salt Lake Intl

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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.