# Accident 20081121852379A: Cessna 170B, Herber City, UT, November 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Herber City, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8387A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8387A-2017-07-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total, 340 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081121852379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT DOWN DRAFTS WHILE CROSSING A MOUNTAIN RIDGE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND.  WHEN UNABLE TO CLIMB THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A MOUNTAIN MEADOW.  FROM POINT OF INITIAL TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ONLY 35 TO 50 FEET IN 18 INCHES OF SNOW.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, ALL 3 OCCUPANTS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THE OFF AIRPORT LANDING.  THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER PASSED AWAY LATER AT THE HOSPITAL FROM INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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