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Piper PA-28-181 N8445F

30 July 1984 · Park Valley, Utah, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 30 July 1984 at about 03:52 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N8445F was involved in an accident near Park Valley, Utah, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 03:52
Classification
Accident
Location
Park Valley, Utah, United States
Coordinates
41.7394, -113.4397
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-181
Registration
N8445F
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Ogden → Vendover
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
DEN84FA242

People

4 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 4 0 0 0

Probable cause

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

NEWLY CERTIFICATED PVT PLT DEPARTED ON A MOONLESS NIGHT FOR A VFR FLT. ROUTE OF FLT WAS OVER A DESERT LIKE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE ARE NO VISUAL CUES FOR ATTITUDE REFERENCE. ACFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND THE FOLLOWING DAY. ACFT IMPACTED TUNDRA INVERTED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. PLT'S FLIGHT LOGBOOK INDICATED A TTL OF LESS THAN 2 HRS NIGHT FLT TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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