Piper PA-32R-300 accident near Grantsville, UT
On December 19, 1994, a Piper PA-32R-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Grantsville, UT. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 19, 1994
- Place
- Grantsville, UT
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32R-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.669°N, 112.761°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X02796
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 18, 1994, about 1725 mountain standard time, N175MC, a Piper PA-32R-300, operated by the owner/pilot, collided with mountainous terrain during cruise flight near Grantsville, Utah. The airplane was destroyed. The non-instrument rated private pilot and his three passengers were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The personal flight departed from Salt Lake City, Utah, at 1701 and was destined for Wendover, Utah. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR 91 at night. According to relatives of the pilot, the pilot, the pilot's wife, and another couple decided to fly to Wendover and have dinner with the intention of returning that evening. According to the FAA, the pilot contacted the Cedar City FAA Automated Flight Service Station (FSS) at 1138 via telephone and received a weather briefing for the flight. At 1653, about 5 hours after his weather briefing, the pilot requested and received a VFR clearance out of the Class B airspace from the Salt Lake City International Airport clearance delivery. The pilot stated that his intended destination was Wendover. At 1701, the pilot was cleared for takeoff from runway 35 at the Salt Lake City International Airport. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the airport at the time of departure. According to FAA Air Traffic Control (ATC) voice recordings and radar data, the pilot was receiving radar services and was cleared to climb to 8,500 feet above mean sea level (msl) after departure. The airplane continued to climb to 6,500 feet msl. At 171
Probable cause
THE VFR PILOT'S ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
