# NTSB SEA82DA088: Piper PA-38-112, N91319, Oakley, ID, June 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1982, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Oakley, ID
- Coordinates: 42.180995, -113.859161 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1810&lon=-113.8592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72067
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72067/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA088

## Analysis

AT ABOUT 1045 MDT, THE PILOT DEPARTED OGDEN, UT ON A SOLO, CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO JACKPOT, NV, POCATELLO, ID AND RETURN. WHILE EN ROUTE TO JACKPOT, HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AND DECREASING VISIBILITY OVER A MOUNTAINOUS AREA AND DESCENDED FROM 8500 FT MSL TO 8100 FT MSL. AT ABOUT 1430 MDT, HE LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD, AND DURING THE ROLL OUT, THE PLANE NOSED OVER. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HIS INTENDED DESTINATION. THE PILOT REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH UNLOCKING THE TOP DOOR LATCHES AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91319](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91319), registered now, S/N 38-81A0147 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3881A0147
- Airframe hours: 794
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Sun West Aviation
- Registered owner: Theodore E. Angle
- Departed: OGD, OGDEN, UT
- Destination: O6U, JACKPOT, NV
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 154 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BYI

## 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 19820614022619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820614022619A), Jun 14, 1982: Piper PA38112, Oakley, NV, Substantial damage. Student pilot became lost on cross country flight and aircraft flipped inverted during landing in plowed field.

## Other investigations on N91319 (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN86LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA093), Mar 7, 1986: Piper PA-38-112 (N91319), Bountiful, UT, substantial damage

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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