- Date
- January 24, 1980
- Place
- Copperton, UT · COPPERTON, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7935DBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800124001399A
- Case key
- 134914
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2978 80/1/24 COPPERTON,UT BEECH H35 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N7935D PX- 1 0 0 TRAINING AGE 69, 1918 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,VT COPPERTON,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT COPILOT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOCAL FLT TO CK PLT OUT IN ACFT.IP DID NOT HAVE FULL SET OF FLT CTLS.CRASHED DRG RECOVERY FM SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7935D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- 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.