Piper PA-28-180 accident near Teasdale, UT
On October 3, 2003, a Piper PA-28-180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Teasdale, UT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 3, 2003
- Place
- Teasdale, UT
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.117°N, 111.429°W
- NTSB ID
- 20031014X01718
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 3, 2003, at 1524 mountain daylight time (mdt), a Piper PA-28-180, N7357W, was destroyed when it impacted the top of a mountain 11 miles southeast of Teasdale, Utah. The student pilot and passenger on board the airplane were fatally injured. The airplane was reported missing at 2145. It was located on October 4, 2003, at 1425. The personal, cross-country flight from Holbrook, Arizona, to Provo, Utah, was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. Marginal visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The student pilot contacted the Prescott, Arizona, Flight Service Station (FSS) at 1116 mountain standard time (1216 mdt) and requested a weather briefing. The student pilot then filed a visual flight rules flight plan with a proposed takeoff time of 1200, and a flight time en route of 3 hours and 15 minutes. The student pilot informed Prescott FSS that he was the only person on board the airplane. Prescott FSS reported the student pilot never activated the flight plan. A computer-generated flight plan sheet recovered from the accident airplane showed the student pilot proposed to take off at 1155 mountain standard time. The flight plan showed the student pilot planned an en route altitude of 12, 500 feet, and an estimated time en route of 3 hours and 11 minutes. At approximately 1520, a pilot flying a Cessna T210, in the vicinity of Joe's Valley Reservoir, approximately 67 miles north of the accident site, requested a pilot report (PIREP). The pilot of the Cessna said he received a r
Probable cause
The student pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision and his failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors contributing to the accident were the student pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions, the low ceiling, the rain, the student pilot's lack of experience with flying in instrument meteorological conditions, and the inadvertent stall/spin.
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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.
