- Date
- March 4, 1979
- Place
- Fairfield, UT · FAIRFIELD, UT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4804WRockwell 114
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790304041519A
- Case key
- 136304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3262 79/3/4 FAIRFIELD,UT ROCKWELL 114 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 384 TIME - 2010 N4804W PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4804W
- Reported as
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4804WRegistration cancelled Mar 22, 1979 · Rockwell International 114Airframe modelRockwell International 114
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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