- Date
- January 5, 1984, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N234ADPiper Aerostar 601P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840105022779A
- Case key
- 16318
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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.
Analysis
The acft crashed shortly after takeoff in IMC weather. Investigation revealed that following a distraction from a cabin door being left ajar, coupled with solid IFR flight conditions, resulted in the acft entering a stall profile. The plt executed a forced landing into an open field. Examination of the acft and engine failed to reveal any pre-impact malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234AD
- Reported as
- Piper Aerostar 601P (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P-0418-151
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rea Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 2, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SLC · International, runway 34R, 9,596 × 150 ft, snow
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,500 total · 320 in this make and model · 2,350 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.