- Date
- July 27, 1975
- Place
- Canyonlands, UT · CANYONLANDS, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8642PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750727025819A
- Case key
- 150147
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2366 75/7/27 CANYONLANDS,UT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 1000 TIME - 1645 N8642P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANYONLANDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAGE,AZ CANYONLANDS,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OVERSHOT ON TURN TO FINAL.DENSITY ALT 6500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8642P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Canyonlands
N8642PRegistration cancelled Jul 27, 1975 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.