Piper PA-28R-200 accident near Alta, UT
On August 31, 2025, a Piper PA-28R-200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Alta, UT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 31, 2025
- Place
- Alta, UT
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.590°N, 111.620°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250901200907
NTSB summary
On August 31, 2025, about 1720, mountain daylight time a Piper PA28-200R, N1147X, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Alta, Utah. The pilot was seriously injured, and the passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Preliminary ADS-B data indicated that after departure from Bolinder Field/Tooele Valley Airport (TVY), the airplane initiated a climbing right turn to the northeast. After receiving a clearance from the Salt Lake Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), the airplane followed the Salt Lake City I-80 VFR Transition route east towards Salt Lake International Airport, then to the south at altitude of about 6,600 ft. By 1711, the airplane had completed the transition, and was on a southbound track, as it approached South Jordan, Utah. About that time, the airplane began a climbing left turn to the east, towards the entrance of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The last ADS-B target indicated the airplane was climbing at a rate of about 380 fpm, and was at an altitude of 8,400 ft by the time it had reached the entrance of the canyon. At that time the canyon walls were about 1.3 miles apart, with terrain immediately rising to 11,330 ft to the north, and 11,253 ft to the south. A short time later, witnesses located at a lodge at an elevation of about 8,600 ft and about 6 miles further up the canyon, observed an airplane flying up the canyon and directly over their location. One witness, who was a pilot, stated that he estimated the airplane to be about 100 to 200
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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.
