Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
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Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
April 23 around 6:40 pm. Left KCDC with 4 people on board and crashed 3 minutes later headed up Cedar Canyon. 4 fatalities. Flight aware shows 2004 DA40. N number does not show up in a search of this forum.
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N614DS 05 DA40
Legacy G1000 ; KAP 140; GTX 345R
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
This appears to be the FlightAware track of the accident aircraft:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N32 ... -113.01857
Didn't appear to gain any altitude after takeoff...
Pretty high, rough terrain in that area...
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N32 ... -113.01857
Didn't appear to gain any altitude after takeoff...
Pretty high, rough terrain in that area...
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
And having 4 seats doesn’t mean you should take 4 people. This is just up the road from me.
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
Very sobering. Condolences to all the families involved.
The aircraft was listed as being on the line for Platinum Aviation out of Spanish Fork, and it also shows up as the N-number for one of our foum members, although I believe they upgraded to a 2007XL a few years ago so hopefully they aren't involved.
It wll be interesting to learn more details about what happened when they become available.
The aircraft was listed as being on the line for Platinum Aviation out of Spanish Fork, and it also shows up as the N-number for one of our foum members, although I believe they upgraded to a 2007XL a few years ago so hopefully they aren't involved.
It wll be interesting to learn more details about what happened when they become available.
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
There is likely to be a list of errors that combined for this accident. Here's an interesting bit from the web site. Can you spot the conflicting numbers?
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
Well, either the useful load or the max gross weight listed are incorrect. If the useful load is correct, max gross would be the standard 2535 pounds pre-GW increase...
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
Reported to have had substantial damage just last year in an RLOC.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/261835
Senseless tragedy.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/261835
Senseless tragedy.
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
Nothing out of the ordinary on LiveATC. Sounded like a normal takeoff then departure to the East. No further calls once they depart to the East. I checked the guard archive for CDC as well and there was nothing.
https://archive.liveatc.net/kcdc/KCDC1- ... -0030Z.mp3
What a terrible accident.
https://archive.liveatc.net/kcdc/KCDC1- ... -0030Z.mp3
What a terrible accident.
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
My guess is the UL wasn't updated upon the change. I probably shouldn't have bothered posting it as the MTOW mod does not actually affect performance. I was looking to see what the weight was. That number is credible for that serial number and puts it in the low-medium category for empty weight among DA40's.
I can think of a list of the usual suspects for this kind of problem. I'm guessing it was fairly warm down in Southern Utah yesterday?
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
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Re: Fatal UT accident appears to be DA40
Me too, but I'll reserve comment until more factual info comes out...