- Date
- July 13, 1985, 21:45 local (Jul 14, 1985, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Glen Canyon, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8409VPiper PA-32R-301T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850713034069A
- Case key
- 16724
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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 plt said that during the takeoff roll at night from an unlit runway, he was distracted when the engine overboost light illuminated. The investigation revealed, however, that the plt was actually trying to avoid colliding with an airplane at the other end of the runway that was being used for directional guidance. This was an FAR 135 air taxi flt with passengers aboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8409V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301T (PA-32R-301)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8129085
- Airframe hours
- 14,538
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alpine Aviation
- Registered owner
- Better Telephone Co.,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1985 · 38 hours before
- Destination
- PVU · Provo, UT
- Airport
- U07 · Bullfrog Basin, runway 1, 3,500 × 40 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,339 total · 63 in this make and model · 1,209 as pilot in command · 269 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDC, 105 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.