- Date
- August 17, 1979
- Place
- Wendover, UT · WENDOVER, UT
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N32418Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790817040879A
- Case key
- 133827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3918 79/8/17 WENDOVER,UT PIPER PA-34 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 84 TOTAL TIME - 1920 N32418 PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENDOVER AF AUX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENDOVER,UT SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- NO GROUND REF POINTS IN DIR OF TKOK,DARK NIGHT,5HRS INST TIME.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .056%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32418
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wendover Af Aux
N32418Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2012 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelContinental IO-360 series
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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.