- Date
- May 10, 1986, 09:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8043NPiper PA-28B-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860510053219A
- Case key
- 16820
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt and pax departed slc at 0930 for sightseeing cross country trip to heber city and return. Plt said plan was to fly through lambs canyon and parley's canyon. Acft hit tree and crashed at 8040 ft MSL level in lambs canyon at approximately 0955. Terrain varies from 6000 ft to 10,246 ft. plt was seriously injured. Pax, a U.S. Navy plt, was killed. No evidence of preimpact failure/malfunction of airframe, eng, prop, flight controls or systems/components.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8043N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28B-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-25768
- Airframe hours
- 3,253
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Executive Aircraft Intl., doing business as The Wright Seat
- Registered owner
- Craig Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1986 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- U36 · Heber City, 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 2 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 15 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.
Other investigations on N8043N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.