# Accident 19980914023989A: Cessna 172N, Montezuma, UT, September 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Montezuma, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2096° N, 109.1901° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2096&lon=-109.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737NH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737NH-2000-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA399) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980914023989A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS CONDUCTING PIPELINE INSPECTION WHEN IT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANACES. (-23)ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 MDT, A CESSNA 172R, N737NH, WAS DESTROYED DURING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR MONTEZUMA CREEK, UTAH.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS FATALLY INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, FOUR CORNER'S AVIATION, THE PILOT WAS FLYING A PIPELINE INSPECTION FLIGHT.  (.19)ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1998, APPROXIMATELY 0830 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172R, N737NH, WAS DESTROYED DURING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR MONTEZUMA CREEK, UTAH.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, FOUR CORNER'S AVIATION, THE PILOT WAS FLYING A PIPELINE INSPECTION FLIGHT.

## 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 FTW98FA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA399), Sep 14, 1998: Cessna 172N (N737NH), Montezuma Crk, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted aerobatic maneuver and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was his intentional low altitude flight.

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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