- Date
- August 22, 1976
- Place
- Bullfrog Basin, UT · BULLFROG BASIN, UT
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5927DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760822027999A
- Case key
- 149786
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2607 76/8/22 BULLFROG BASIN,UT PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 330 TIME - 2110 N5927D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 252 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BULLFROG BASIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVO,UT BULLFROG BASIN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- CRASHED DURING THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAND ON UNLIGHTED STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5927D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bullfrog Basin
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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.