# Accident 19810623041079A: Cessna 172, Price, UT, June 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Price, UT
- Airport: Peters Point
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6040° N, 110.8004° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Price, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6040&lon=-110.8004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6417B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6417B-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 934 total, 850 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810623041079A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NO PREFLITE OR ENGINE WARMED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE, HIT WIRES, BAD MAG.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN81FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA044), Jun 23, 1981: Cessna 172 (N6417B), Price, UT, substantial damage, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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