- Date
- January 25, 1981
- Place
- Wendover, UT · WENDOVER, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8516EPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810125002939A
- Case key
- 127265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0215 81/1/25 WENDOVER,UT PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 179 TIME - 1930 N8516E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENDOVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENDOVER,UT SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.178%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8516E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wendover
N8516ERegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.