- Date
- July 28, 1982, 15:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Milcreek Canyon, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N104PVarieze
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820728036619A
- Case key
- 71704
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The aircraft crashed into trees in a Canyon at an elevation of 9300 MSL. The weather was reported as marginal VFR. No flight plan was filed. VFR flight was not recommended. A toxicological check of the pilot's blood showed an alcohol level of 91 mg%; however, the medical examiner found evidence that the alcohol was produced by post-mortem, tissue putrefaction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N104P
- Reported as
- Varieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 104
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Geo. T. Holmes
- Registered owner
- Geo. T. Holmes
- Departed
- Salt Lake, UT
- Destination
- Oshkosh, WI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Observed at
- SLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.