Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Price, Utah 84501
Wednesday, May 7, 1986 11:06 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AT 1042 MDT, THE FLT RPRTD MOD TURBC AT FL 240, BUT ELECTED TO REMAIN AT THAT ALT. AT 1055, THEY WERE CLRD TO DSCND AT PLT'S DESCRETION TO MAINT 12,000'. APRX 8 MIN LATER, SHORTLY AFTER BGNG A DSCNT, THE FLT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHG FREQ; BUT21 SECS LATER, THEY REPLIED 'STANDBY PLEASE,' THEN RADIO & RADAR CONTACT WERE LOST. WRECKAGE WAS FND APRX 26 MI EAST OF THE DESTN ARPT IN MTNS. AN EXAM REVEALED THE EMPENNAGE HAD SEPD IN FLT; PIECES OF IT WERE FND UP TO 1 MI AWAY WITH INDCNOF OVERLOAD FAILURE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT: ENGS WERE NOT OPERATING AT GND IMPACT, IGNITION SWS WERE ENGAGED; L ENG START SW WAS IN THE 'AIR' START PSN & R SW WAS BEYOND THE 'GROUND' START PSN; R PROP WAS FEATHERED; PAX OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED, INDICATING CABIN HAD DEPRESSURIZED ABV 15,000'. WX INFO INDCD CLD BASES AT 10,000' WITH IMC & TURBC TO 25,000', MIXED ICG FM 20,000' TO 25,000', LGT RAIN/SNW SHWRS, WIDELY SCAT TSTMS; APRX 15 MI SOUTH, 4' TO 5' OF HAIL FELLAT APRX THAT TIME. TPE 331 ENGS HAD HISTORY OF FLAMEOUTS DUE TO ICE INJESTION CAUSED BY IMP USE OF ANTI-ICE/IGNITION.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/7/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1106
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City PRICE
Event State UTAH
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 84501
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1052 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 95
Weather Observation Facility ID GJT
Elevation of weather observation facility 4858
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 70
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 15000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 5000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 8
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 4
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 0
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 360
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 7
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 6
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 6
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2289
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date May 7 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1300
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33097
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N200PR
NTSB Number DEN86MA129
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name GULFSTREAM
Aircraft Model 690D
Aircraft Series Identifier 690D
Aircraft Serial Number 15029
Certified Max Gross Weight 10775
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 10
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Apr 22 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 10
Airframe Hours 1560
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name FIRST SECURITY BANK OF UTAH
Aircraft Owner Street Address 79 SOUTH MAIN ST.
Aircraft Owner City SALT LAKE CITY
Aircraft Owner State UT
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 84111
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name KAISER STEEL CORP
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1150 S. VINEYARD AVE
Operator City ONTARIO
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 91761
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code COS
Departure City COLORADO SPRING
Departure State CO
Departure Country
Departure Time 953
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code PUC
Destination City PRICE
Destination State UT
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --