- Date
- September 2, 1985, 12:56 local (18:56 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75015Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850902042129A
- Case key
- 16556
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Analysis
The plt and his party were en route from minden, NV to casper, WY and had stopped at Ogden, UT to refuel. The plt obtained an updated wx briefing fr fss and field an IFR flt plan. After takeoff the plt was told to climb in the holding pattern to 13000 ft. shortly thereafter the plt was instructed to join V-6 and resume his own navigation. The plt replied he was in a spiral. Witnesses saw the acft descending in a near-vertical attitude and said a thunderstorm had just past overhead with heavy rain. The acft impacted the ground in a flat attitude. One of the plt's former CFI and a FAA designated examiner said the plt should never have been instrument rated. The examiner restricted the plt's multiengine rating to 'VFR only.' The restriction was removed shortly thereafter by a FAA inspector.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75015
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 76-70217
- Airframe hours
- 2,086
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles W. Ewing, Md
- Registered owner
- Wyoming Chest & Allergy Clinic
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1985 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- OGD · Ogden, UT
- Destination
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OGD · Ogden Municipal, runway 3, 8,250 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 427 total · 193 in this make and model · 282 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.