# Accident 20080722841189A: Cessna 172, Bountiful, UT, July 22, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2008
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Airport: Skypark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8694° N, 111.9267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8694&lon=-111.9267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7672, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7672-2013-04-11) (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 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 925 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080722841189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A NORMAL PREFLIGHT AND RUNUP AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 34 AT BTF. UPON LEAVING GROUND EFFECT PILOTS NOTICED THAT AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PERFORM AND WAS THE ENGINE WAS NOT MAKING FULL POWER. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS CHECKED CARB HEAT AND ADJUSTED MIXTURE BOTH LEAN AND RICH WITH NO NOTICED EFFECT. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 100' AND SUBSEQUENTLY STARTED A DESCENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRIED TO LAND IN A FIELD. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHEDDOWN THE NOSE WHEEL STUCK THE MUD AND SNAPPED OFF. THE AIRCRAFT THEN FLIPPED OVER, BROKE IN HALF, AND LANDED ON ITS TAIL.

## 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 LAX08LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA240), Jul 22, 2008: Cessna 172M (N7672), Bountiful, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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