- Date
- October 20, 1988, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Laketown, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6069UPiper PA-60-601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881020046969A
- Case key
- 17568
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt departed salt lake city on a pleasure flt to bear lake to overfly a home that he owned. Witnesses near the acc site stated they saw the acft circle over the house and then depart the area over a ridge of mtns. The acft turned out over the lake and was in straight and level flt shortly before it descended at a steep angle into the water. The autopsy performed on the plt revealed coronary arteriosclerosis. The asst medical examiner stated in the autopsy report the plt 'may have been rendered incapacitated by an acute cardiac arrhythmia.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6069U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 971
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Diesel Service And Sales Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 1988 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 12,150 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.