- Date
- July 13, 1988, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kanosh, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3541ZPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880713030719A
- Case key
- 17386
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt obtained wx briefing and filed VFR flt plan from burley, ID, to chandler, AZ, with enroute refueling stop at fillmore, UT. Plt landed on dirt road at fillmore and taxiied acft to roadside truck stop. Acft serviced with auto gas. Acft departed fillmore but did not arrive at destination. Cap search was negative. Deer hunters found wreckage on 10-22-88. Acft clipped top of 30-FT pine tree and crashed against creek embankment on magnetic hdg of 360 deg. Wreckage slid down embankment and came to rest inverted in middle of creek bed. There was intense but confined fire after impact. Crash site is in box canyon at 8400-FT level. Acft computed rate-of-climb at estimated density altitude of 11,000 ft was 270 fpm. Plt had mentioned to wife he might take son sightseeing on trip home.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3541Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-7449
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sherman K. Flake
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Fillmore, UT
- Destination
- P19 · Chandler, AZ
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Observed at
- U24, 36 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.