Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Piper PA-44-180T Turbo Seminole, N8390K, accident occurred on June 7, 2026, at St. George Regional Airport (SGU/KSGU), St. George, Utah

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N8390K

- History of Flight:
On June 7, 2026, at 1008 local time, a Piper PA-44-180T Turbo Seminole, N8390K, registered to Wingsleasing LLC, and being operated by Glidepath Aviation, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident at St. George Regional Airport (SGU/KSGU), St. George, Utah. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The flight originated from the Bolinder Field Tooele Valley Airport (TVY/KTVY), 
Tooele, Utah, at 0821, and was destined to KSGU.

Preliminary ADS-B data shows that the was at 3,700 ft when it entered a left traffic pattern for runway 1. The airplane entered a tight left hand turn for runway 1, but the groundspeed increased from 94 knots to 106 knots, consistent with the pilot aborting the approach/landing. The airplane proceeded to fly over the airport at 3,400 ft, and towards the end of the track it entered a tight left hand turn for runway 19. The airplane decelerated to about 64 knots and came short of the runway threshold (next to the run-up area, see figures).

Figure 1: ADS-B exchange data

Figure 2: Data ran through Google Earth Pro

KSGU sits at an elevation of 2883.6 ft. The airport features a single asphalt grooved runway 1/19 which is 9300 x 150 ft.

At 0956, the winds were from 190 at 15 knots, gusting 23 knots, temperature 31°C, dewpoint -6°C, and an altimeter setting of 29.74 inches of mercury. The calculated density altitude was 5642 ft.

- Weather:

METAR KSGU 071556Z AUTO 19015G23KT 10SM CLR 31/M06 A2974 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1534 SLP028 T03061056

METAR KSGU 071656Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM CLR 31/M04 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP031 T03061044=

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