Piper PA-22-150 N3541Z

Summary

On 13 July 1988 at about 18:15 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N3541Z was involved in an accident near Kanosh, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 July 1988 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Kanosh, Utah, United States

Coordinates

38.8095, -112.4190

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N3541Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fillmore → Chandler

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN88FA212

2 people died.

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

PLT OBTAINED WX BRIEFING AND FILED VFR FLT PLAN FROM BURLEY, ID, TO CHANDLER, AZ, WITH ENROUTE REFUELING STOP AT FILLMORE, UT. PLT LANDED ON DIRT ROAD AT FILLMORE AND TAXIIED ACFT TO ROADSIDE TRUCK STOP. ACFT SERVICED WITH AUTO GAS. ACFT DEPARTED FILLMORE BUT DID NOT ARRIVE AT DESTINATION. CAP SEARCH WAS NEGATIVE. DEER HUNTERS FOUND WRECKAGE ON 10-22-88. ACFT CLIPPED TOP OF 30-FT PINE TREE AND CRASHED AGAINST CREEK EMBANKMENT ON MAGNETIC HDG OF 360 DEG. WRECKAGE SLID DOWN EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN MIDDLE OF CREEK BED. THERE WAS INTENSE BUT CONFINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT. CRASH SITE IS IN BOX CANYON AT 8400-FT LEVEL. ACFT COMPUTED RATE-OF-CLIMB AT ESTIMATED DENSITY ALTITUDE OF 11,000 FT WAS 270 FPM. PLT HAD MENTIONED TO WIFE HE MIGHT TAKE SON SIGHTSEEING ON TRIP HOME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.