Piper PA-34-200T N75015

Summary

On 2 September 1985 at about 18:56 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N75015, operated by Charles W. Ewing, MD, was involved in an accident near Ogden, Utah, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 September 1985 at 18:56

Classification

Accident

Location

Ogden, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Ogden Municipal (OGD)

Coordinates

41.2110, -111.9701

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N75015

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Charles W. Ewing, MD

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ogden → Casper

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85FA233

4 people died.

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

THE PLT AND HIS PARTY WERE EN ROUTE FROM MINDEN, NV TO CASPER, WY AND HAD STOPPED AT OGDEN, UT TO REFUEL. THE PLT OBTAINED AN UPDATED WX BRIEFING FR FSS AND FIELD AN IFR FLT PLAN. AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT WAS TOLD TO CLIMB IN THE HOLDING PATTERN TO 13000 FT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PLT WAS INSTRUCTED TO JOIN V-6 AND RESUME HIS OWN NAVIGATION. THE PLT REPLIED HE WAS IN A SPIRAL. WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT DESCENDING IN A NEAR-VERTICAL ATTITUDE AND SAID A THUNDERSTORM HAD JUST PAST OVERHEAD WITH HEAVY RAIN. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A FLAT ATTITUDE. ONE OF THE PLT'S FORMER CFI AND A FAA DESIGNATED EXAMINER SAID THE PLT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENT RATED. THE EXAMINER RESTRICTED THE PLT'S MULTIENGINE RATING TO 'VFR ONLY.' THE RESTRICTION WAS REMOVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY A FAA INSPECTOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.