- Date
- June 15, 1988, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordon, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N70471Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880615023079A
- Case key
- 17480
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Weather evaluation - poorCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70471
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17470
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bangerter, Clinton D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 10, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- U42
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 6,200 total · 50 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.