- Date
- September 6, 1991, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mayfield, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3006JPiper PA32RT-300T
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910906044399A
- Case key
- 41339
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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Probable cause
Poor in flight planning/decision. Factors to the accident were: flight into known adverse weather, inadvertent VFR flight into IMC and inadequate clearance.
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.
Analysis
During a cross country flight, the pilot reported that he was turning around to return to his departure point because of weather conditions that did not permit continued flight under VFR conditions. The pilot last reported at 10,500 feet and between layers. The wreckage was located at 10,800 feet in mountainous terrain that rose to 11,000 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3006J
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT-300T (PA32RT-300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7987074
- Airframe hours
- 1,120
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley K. Williams
- Registered owner
- Stanley K. Williams
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 8, 1991 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- U07 · Bullfrog Basin, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 616 total · 78 in this make and model · 506 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.