- Date
- August 2, 1980
- Place
- America Fork, UT · AMERICA FORK, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1097WBeech A-36
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800802032269A
- Case key
- 129615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2133 80/8/2 AMERICA FORK,UT BEECH A-36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1984 TIME - 1945 N1097W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 265 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DROPPING CANDY & MONEY FOR CITY CELEBRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1097W
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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