- Date
- April 26, 1980
- Place
- Wendover, UT · WENDOVER, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4605RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800426010309A
- Case key
- 130902
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1343 80/4/26 WENDOVER,UT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 27 TOTAL TIME - 2100 N4605R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENDOVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT WENDOVER,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4605R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wendover
N4605RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.