# Accident 20091209052479A: Beech 35-33, Lehi, UT, December 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lehi, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4317° N, 111.8919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4317&lon=-111.8919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N316Z-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-33 (registry code 1151402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091209052479A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 9, 2009, ABOUT 1400 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 35-33 AIRPLANE, N316Z WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR LEHI, UTAH.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE ST. GEORGE AIRPORT, ST. GEORGE, UTAH, AT 120 WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT (U42), WEST JORDAN, UTAH.  WITNESSES LOCATED AT A FIXED BASE OPERATOR AT U42 REPORTED THAT WHILE MONITORING THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY, 122.7 MEGAHERTZ, THEY OVERHEARD A MAYDAY RADIO TRANSMISSION.  THE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE PILOT REPORTED "MAYDAY MAYDAY, I'M AT THE POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN, 5,100 FEET, MY ENGINE JUST QUIT."  NO FURTHER RADIO TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PILOT.  WITNESSES LOCATED NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRPLANE ON A WESTERLY HEADING NEAR INTERSTATE 15 AND SUDDENLY BANKING TO THE RIGHT TO A NORTHERLY HEADING BEFORE DESCENDING INTO TERRAIN.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN A GRASSY SNOW COVERED AREA BETWEEN INTERSTATE 15 AND A HIGHWAY OFF RAMP.  THE LEFT WING WAS BENT UPWARDS ABOUT 45 DEGREES ABOUT MID SPAN.  THE FUSELAGE WAS BUCKLED AFT OF THE CABIN.

## 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 WPR10LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA076), Dec 9, 2009: Beech 35-33 (N316Z), Lehi, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during cruise flight 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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