Piper PA-24-260 N8544P
8 August 1986 · Monument Valley, Utah, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 August 1986 at about 21:15 local time, a Piper PA-24-260 registered N8544P was involved in an accident near Monument Valley, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Monument Valley, Utah, United States
- Nearest airport
- Monument Valley (71V)
- Coordinates
- 37.0809, -110.2491
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-260
- Registration
- N8544P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fullerton → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN86LA224
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
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 WAS ON AN APPROACH FOR LANDING WHEN THE ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE. HE SAID THAT INCREASING POWER DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE AN EFFECT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT LANDED HARD, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THE PLT BELIEVED THAT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR DURING THE APPROACH. LOCAL PILOTS WERE AWARE OF UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS THAT OCCUR AT THE ARPT. VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS NOTE THAT THIS WAS A PRIVATE ARPT AND ITS USE WAS AT THE PLT'S OWN RISK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-24 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 1986 | Piper PA-24-250 | Fallon, Nevada, United States | Donald Stelling | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Aug 1986 | Piper PA-24-260 | Ft. Dix, New Jersey, United States | Norman A.sharpless/Wm.shirey | Fatal | 3 |
| 13 Sep 1986 | Piper PA-24-180 | Danville, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Aug 1986 | Piper PA-24-250 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1986 | Piper PA-24-250 | Peoria, Arizona, United States | William D. Whitley | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 1986 | Piper PA-24-250 | Davenport, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 2,700 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 1986 | Cessna 152 | Price, Utah, United States | Monarch Aviation, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Nov 1986 | Bell 47G-3B-1 | Goshen, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Nov 1986 | Cessna 150 | St. George, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 1986 | Beechcraft A23-24 | Vernal, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1986 | Piper PA-22-150 | Cedar City, Utah, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Mar 1986 | Cessna 172F | Ephraim, Utah, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |