- Date
- June 22, 1981
- Place
- Roosevelt, UT · ROOSEVELT, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5386LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810622036199A
- Case key
- 125331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3338 81/6/22 NR.ROOSEVELT,UT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 980 TIME - 1030 N5386L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 480 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROOSEVELT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROOSEVELT,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RAN OUT OF FUEL,LNDD IN PLOWED CORN FLD ON PREV FLT.UN CLR FENCE DRG TKOF.ELEV APRX 5170FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5386L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Roosevelt Muni
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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.