# Accident 20000610009789A: Cessna 170B, Dutch John, UT, June 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2000, 19:18 local time
- Place: Dutch John, UT
- Airport: Dutch John Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9402° N, 109.1902° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9402&lon=-109.1902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4514C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4514C-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000610009789A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JUNE 10, 2000, AT 1918 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 170B, N451C, WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR DUTCH JOHN, UTAH. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICIAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT WHICH WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE HIGH AND VERY GUSTY DURING HIS TAKEOFF ROLL. HE SAID THAT AFTER LIFTOFF FROM RUNWAY 29, THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT GAIN ALTITUDE. THE LEFT WING HIT SOME TREES, AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED FLAT TO THE GROUND. POSTIMPACT FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKING OFF FROM DUTCH JOHN, UTAH AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 MDT. THE PILOT WAS UTILIZING RUNWAY 29. PREFLIGHT PLANNING INCLUDED DETERMINING AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE FOR THE EXISTING METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, DETERMINING WEIGHT & BALANCE AND MAKING A PERSONAL WEATHER OBSERVATION. UPON LIFTOFF AND ATTAINING APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB, ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT OR WIND. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT DISCONTI                             NUED HIS CLIMB, LEVELED OFF TO GAIN AIRSPEED BUT BEGAN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. FLEW TO A CLEARING BETWEEN TREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE BUT THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. 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 DEN00LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA106), Jun 11, 2000: Cessna 170B (N4514C), Dutch John, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the trees. Factors were a high-density altitude and wind gusts.

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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