Piper PA-28R-200 accident near Cedar City, UT
On October 27, 2007, a Piper PA-28R-200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cedar City, UT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 27, 2007
- Place
- Cedar City, UT
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.429°N, 112.913°W
- NTSB ID
- 20071105X01726
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 26, 2007, about 2006 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-200, N3971X, experienced an in-flight breakup while in an uncontrolled descent over mountainous terrain about 21 miles southeast of Cedar City, Utah. The airplane was destroyed during the breakup and post impact ground fire. The private pilot, who co-owned the airplane, and the passenger were killed. Dark nighttime visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. No flight plan had been filed for the business flight that was performed under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The flight originated from Bountiful, Utah, about 1815. The elevation of Bountiful's Skypark Airport is 4,234 feet msl. Skypark is located about 5 miles north of the Salt Lake City International Airport. At 1816 the pilot contacted the Salt Lake City Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility. The pilot reported that he had departed Bountiful and was at 4,800 feet mean sea level (msl). The pilot indicated that he planned to fly in a southerly direction. (Family members subsequently reported to the National Transportation Safety Board investigator that the pilot intended to fly south, passed the accident site, to an airport in Arizona.) The air traffic controller identified the airplane on radar and provided flight following service as the airplane climbed. At 1842 the airplane was at 9,500 feet, as indicated by the airplane's Mode C altitude encoding transponder, and the southbound airplane departed Salt Lake City airspace. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) controllers had no further
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while in cruise flight due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident were the dark conditions.
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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.
