# Accident 20010106000209A: Cessna 152, Provo, UT, January 6, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2001, 19:15 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1844° N, 111.7033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1844&lon=-111.7033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108ES, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N108ES-2003-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010106000209A

## Narrative

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

(-23)A/C DEPARTED RWY 30 @SPANISH FORK, UTAH AT APPROX. 1900 MST, DURING CLIMB OUT ENCOUNTERED UNKNOWN FOG AREA. VFR RATED PILOTS LOST ORIENTATION AND DESCENDED HITTING FROZEN SURFACE OF UTAH LAKE. NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF ON IMPACT, WHICLE THE A/C CONTINUED TO SKID SEVERAL HUNDREDS YARDS BEFORE STOPPING AND BREAKING THROUGH THE ICE AT APPROX. A 20 TO 30 DEGREE ANGLE NOSE DOWN. AS THE AIRPLANE SETTLED BOTH PILOTS EVACUATED THE A/C AND CLIMBED ONTO THE WINGS. THE A/C CAME TO REST WITH THE OUTBOARD PARTS OF THE WINGS ON SOLID ICE WITH BROKEN ICE BY THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT WAS INJURED WITH FRACTURED ANKLES AND FACIAL CUTS. THE PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED AND WENT FOR HELP AT THE PROVO AIRPORT.

## 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 DEN01LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA039), Jan 7, 2001: Cessna 152 (N108ES), Spanish Fork, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: Improper weather evaluation by both the pilot and pilot/passenger, and the pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into IMC resulting in his spatial disorientation. Factors were the pilot rated passenger's…

## Other reports on N108ES (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970222006479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970222006479I), Feb 22, 1997: Cessna 152 (N108ES), Provo, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was on departure climb from cedar valley airport with pilot under instruction at the flight controls. Engine began to run rough and lose…
- [Accident 19920529017169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920529017169A), May 29, 1992: Cessna 152 (N108ES), Mt Pleasant, UT, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing in gusty crosswind. Ran off runway and struck a dirt berm.

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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