- Date
- August 22, 1979
- Place
- Fairview, UT · FAIRVIEW, UT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6445JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133913
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3969 79/8/22 FAIRVIEW,UT PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0940 N6445J PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 62, 7217 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5217 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVO,UT PUEBLO,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- ACFT APPROX 119LBS OVER MAX G/W & 4IN BEYOND AFT C/G LIMIT.D/A APPROX 11395FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6445J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6445JRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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