# Accident 19930116000379A: Univar 1082, Fruit Heights, UT, January 16, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1993, 11:29 local time
- Place: Fruit Heights, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0202° N, 111.9198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0202&lon=-111.9198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8004K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8004K-2006-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1082
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A4150B3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 219 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA93LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930116000379A

## Narrative

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

IN IMC LOW NEAR MOUNTAINS. REQUESTED HEADING TO AVOID MOUNTAINS FROM ATC TOO LATE. STRUCK CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN.

## 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 SEA93LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA054), Jan 16, 1993: Stinson 108-2 (N8004K), Fruit Heights, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS WAS ATTEMPTED BY THE PILOT. FACTORS INCLUDE RAIN, SNOW, AND FOG.

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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