- Date
- August 1, 1976
- Place
- Kings Peak, UT · KINGS PEAK, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7591YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760801034889A
- Case key
- 155759
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2969 76/8/1 NR.KINGS PEAK,UT PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 3220 TIME - 1300 N7591Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,WY PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT HAD HISTORY OF GOING TO SLEEP WITH AUTOPILOT ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7591Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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