- Date
- August 23, 1992, 20:30 local (Aug 24, 1992, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Morgan, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2169APiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920823043009A
- Case key
- 42883
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Probable cause
Poor inflight planning/decision by the pilot in command. Factors contributing to the accident were: the gravel/dirt bank, night environmental conditions, and runway lighting unavailable.
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
The pilot attempted to execute a landing to runway 21 at the airport. The airport manager reported that the landing occurred during darkness and that the airport's runway was unlighted. On site examination of tracks from the aircraft indicated that it touched down 1170 feet short of and slightly left of the runway and rolled 525 feet before colliding with a gravel embankment after which the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2169A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-585
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hughes, Philip D.
- Registered owner
- Hughes, Philip D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1900
- Departed
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport
- 42U · Morgan County, runway 21, 3,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 900 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OGD, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.