# Accident 20061024023839A: Cessna 172M, Escalante, UT, October 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2006, 19:59 local time
- Place: Escalante, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5347° N, 111.1878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5347&lon=-111.1878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9179D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9179D-2009-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 54 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061024023839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM MESA, AZ TO PROVO, UT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE FOR 3 HOURS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 10,500 FEET UNDER A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WHEN IT MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN WHILE IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT AN ELEVATION OF APPROXIMATELY 5350 FEET.

## 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 SEA07FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA012), Oct 25, 2006: Cessna 172M (N9179D), Escalante, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of experience of flying on instruments on a dark night and in rainy weather.

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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