# Accident 20000118000269A: Cessna 172, Tooele, UT, January 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2000, 20:00 local time
- Place: Tooele, UT
- Airport: Bolinder Field-Tooele Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5701° N, 112.3309° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5701&lon=-112.3309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6445B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6445B-2000-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000118000269A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JANUARY 18, 2000, APPROXIMATELY 2000 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172, N6445B, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING LANDING APPROACH 1 MILE SOUTH OF BOLINDER FIELD, TOOELE, UTAH. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, BUT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS REPORTEDLY EXISTED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TOOELE A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT TOLD AN FAA INSPECTOR THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO REGAIN/MAINTAIN NIGHT CURRENCY. HE TOOK OFF AND REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36, THE AIRPLANE ENTERED FOG AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. THE ELT ACTIVATED ON IMPACT, THE SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED BY SEVERAL GROUND STATIONS, AND THE PILOT WAS LOCATED SEVERAL HOURS LATER.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (-23) PILOT DEPARTED THE TOOELE AIRPORT TO REMAIN IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN. PILOT WAS NOT NIGHT CURRENT BUT STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO OBTAIN NIGHT CURRENCY.  ON BASE LEG THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED FOG AND BECAME DISORIENTED.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE TOOELE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT SAID "I RAN INTO THE FOG THEN I RAN INTO THE GROUND" THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 DEN00LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA046), Jan 19, 2000: Cessna 172 (N6445B), Tooele, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to correct the descent, and his failure to maintain a visual lookout. Factors were the pilot's improper weather evaluation, his lack of recent experience in type of operation, his…

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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