- Date
- November 6, 1982, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Near Holden, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N67084Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821106056979A
- Case key
- 71870
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Analysis
The student pilot and his wife had flown from salt lake city to Holden, UT. According to his father, the plane crashed in an open field while the pilot was flying low and looking for a place to land. The plane crashed in an open grain field in about a 15 deg nose down attitude. The wreckage remained intact and no marks were found to indicate forward motion. The seats failed downward during impact and the occupants received spinal fractures. The student pilot's last dual instruction was on 3/28/82 and he was endorsed to make a cross-country flight at that time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67084
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8277-13
- Airframe hours
- 1,023
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Webster-Stroud Inc.
- Registered owner
- Webster-Stroud Inc.
- Departed
- C · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- C · Holden, UT
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 111 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.