- Date
- July 4, 1977
- Place
- Beaver, UT · BEAVER, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N490FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770704020499A
- Case key
- 146547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1602 77/7/4 BEAVER,UT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1049 TIME - 0940 N490FL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MONTEREY,CA LAMAR,CO MILFORD,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 72 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- TRAPPED IN CANYON,ELECTED TO CRASH LAND.DENS ALT ABT 10500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N490FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- 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.