Beech A36 accident near Salem, UT
On November 25, 2002, a Beech A36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Salem, UT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 25, 2002
- Place
- Salem, UT
- Aircraft
- Beech A36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.050°N, 111.625°W
- NTSB ID
- 20021202X05541
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 24, 2002, at 1820 mountain standard time, a single-engine Beech A36 airplane, N367T, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Salem, Utah. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. The non-instrument rated private pilot and the passenger sustained fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The approximately 204 nautical mile cross-country flight originated from the St. George Municipal Airport (SGU), near St. George, Utah, at 1709, and was destined for the Spanish Fork Springville Airport (U77), near Spanish Fork, Utah. At 1654, the pilot contacted a Flight Service Station and received a pre-flight weather briefing and filed a flight plan. At that time, a briefer informed the pilot that VFR was not recommended. Approximately 15 minutes later, after take off, the pilot received an in-flight weather briefing from Flight Watch and was once again informed that VFR was not recommended due to mountain obscuration and icing. A witness, who lived approximately one-mile from the accident site, said that he and his wife were looking outside the window of their home toward the north when they heard an airplane flying overhead in a northerly direction toward the mountain. He said it was snowing at the time and the forward visibility was approximately 150-feet. The witness said the airplane was close to the ground based on the sound of the engine, which was "steady and normal without any strain." Shortl
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate inflight planning/decision to continue flight from visual to instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in his failure to maintain clearance from terrain while in cruise flight. A low ceiling, obscuration, mountainous terrain and impairing drugs in the pilot's system were factors.
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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.
