19871106082159A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172RG · Pintura, UT · November 6, 1987

Date
November 6, 1987 · 19:51 local
Place
Pintura, UT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9447B
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88FA023
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360F1A6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
397 total395 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hit trees on mountain side at night with clouds and snowshowers in area. Had been advised of weather and icing..

As the FAA filed it

HIT TREES ON MOUNTAIN SIDE AT NIGHT WITH CLOUDS AND SNOWSHOWERS IN AREA. HAD BEEN ADVISED OF WEATHER AND ICING..

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.