- Date
- October 1, 1988, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- North Fork, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7548RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881001043599A
- Case key
- 40946
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Analysis
The pilot flew the aircraft into a box canyon at dawn. The aircraft was unable to outclimb rising terrain. The aircraft impacted heavily wooded terrain at a slow airspeed at 8,000 feet MSL about 50 yards short of the crest.
Sequence of events
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N7548R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22110
- Airframe hours
- 2,873
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley C. Delong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- SMN · Salmon, ID
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 66 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Observed at
- 27U
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7548R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.