Piper PA-38-112 N25673

Summary

On 7 July 1984 at about 20:25 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N25673, operated by Sunwest AV Inc, was involved in an accident near Bryce, Utah, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 July 1984 at 20:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Bryce, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Bryce Canyon (BCE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N25673

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sunwest AV Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Ogden

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84LA213

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT SAID THAT THE WIND WAS CALM. THE ARPT MGR SAID THAT THE WIND WAS 5-10 KTS FROM ABOUT 180 DEGREES. THE ACFT ACCORDING TO HIM WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY INTO DIRT AT FULL PWR. THE ACFT WENT BACK TO THE RWY HEADING STILL ATFULL POWER. THE PLT PULLED THE ACFT UP OVER A RWY BOUNDRY MARKER AND STALLED BACK TO THE GROUND AND BOUNCED 3 TIMES BEFORE COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 93 DEGREES AND THE DENSITY ALT WAS 1182 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.