- Date
- November 6, 1976
- Place
- Grantsville, UT · GRANTSVILLE, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6180PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761106039189A
- Case key
- 156245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3644 76/11/6 NR.GRANTSVILLE,UT PIPER PA-24 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 14, 488 TIME - 1540 N6180P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 241 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSTON,WY SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.212%,CO-PLT 0.200%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6180P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6180P · 2
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