- Date
- February 29, 1980
- Place
- Moab, UT · MOAB, UT
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3540TPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800229004729A
- Case key
- 131587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3754 80/2/29 MOAB,UT PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1220 N3540T PX- 0 0 4 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 28, 3248 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 2014 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANYONLANDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOAB,UT SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- REFUELED WITH MIX OF 100LL GASOLINE & EITHER JET A OR JET B TURBINE FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3540T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Canyonlands
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.