# NTSB Accident FTW98LA352
> **Piper PA-28-161** · 1998-08-08 · HUNTSVILLE, UT, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98LA352
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10848
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-08-08
- **Location:** HUNTSVILLE, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.599983, -111.720664
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-161
- **Registration:** N54TM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's failure to ensure adequate altitude/clearance with terrain, resulting in an encounter with a downdraft, loss of airspeed, onset of a stall/mush, and collision with high terrain..  Contributing factors were high density altitude, downdrafts, mountainous terrain, and trees.

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