# NTSB DEN86LA067: Piper PA-22-150, N5950D, Cedar City, UT, January 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1986, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Coordinates: 37.589706, -113.189659 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5897&lon=-113.1897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- ADs cited in the narratives: [AD 74-17-04](https://openairdocs.org/ad/74-17-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16915/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA067

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise
  - fuselage,skin - separation (cause)
  - maintenance,compliance with ad - not followed, company/operator management (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - uncontrolled
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLT, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY AIR ENTERING THE COCKPIT. THE PLT SAID HE INITIALLY REDUCED PWR, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, WHEN NO VISUAL PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND, HE ADDED PWR, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT & NOTICED SOME DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS. DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FABRIC AT THE TOP OF THE OUTSIDE WINDSCREEN HAD SEPARATED & FORMED A LARGE SCOOP AREA. AD 74-17-04 WHICH REQUIRED THE INSTALLATION OF PIPER SERVICE KIT # 754-404, HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5950D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5950D-2014-10-29), registration cancelled 2014-10-29, S/N 22-4614, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-4614
- Airframe hours: 1538
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A1A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Las Vegas Video & Sound Rental
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 27, 1985, 47 hours before
- Departed: 1L6, BERYL JUNCTION, UT
- Destination: IL9, PAROWAN, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 388 total, 10 in this make and model, 270 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CDC, 7 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860119002419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860119002419A), Jan 19, 1986: Piper PA22150, Cedar City, UT, Substantial damage. Fabric pulled loose at top of windshield. Landed hard, nosed over. AD to cover edge of fabric with runner not done.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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