Piper PA-18-150 N9672P

Summary

On 19 January 1983 at about 17:45 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N9672P was involved in an accident near Mount Pleasant, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 January 1983 at 17:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Pleasant, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Mt. Pleasant (43U)

Coordinates

39.5460, -111.4558

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N9672P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Mt Pleasant

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA052

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BEFORE DEPARTING SALT LAKE CITY, UT, THE PILOT OBTAINED INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEATHER AND DESTINATION AIRPORT AT MT PLEASANT, UT. THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED VFR AND THE MT PLEASANT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WAS REPORTED OPEN. DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT OBSERVED FURROWS OF PLOWED SNOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RUNWAY AND SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A LIGHT COVERING OF NEW SNOW ON THE FURROWS AND RUNWAY. HOWEVER, THE SNOW ON THE RUNWAY WAS 6 INCHES THICK AND COVERED WITH A CRUST OF ICE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PLANE CONTINUED NORMALLY FOR 75 TO 100 FT, THEN THE MAIN WHEELS BROKE THROUGH THE CRUST AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS UNMANAGED AND NO OFFICIAL OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED THERE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. THEREFORE, NO NOTICE OF THE FIELD CONDITION WAS GIVEN TO THE FSS. SINCE THE FSS WAS UNAWARE OF THE EXTENT OF THE SNOW COVERING, NO NOTAM WAS ISSUED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.