# Accident 20101008047019A: Cessna 172A, Panguitch, UT, October 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2010, 16:10 local time
- Place: Panguitch, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0103° N, 112.1833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0103&lon=-112.1833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8437A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8437A-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101008047019A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BRYCE CANYON AIRPORT WITH 2 OCCUPANTS, INTENDING TO FLY OVER MOUNT DUTTON ENROUTE TO PAGE ARIZONA. AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO A NARROW CANYON WESTBOUND AND IMPACTED 30 FOOT TALL TREES BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND IN A STEEPLY NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, SLIGHTLY LEFT WING LOW. IMPACT POINT WAS STEEP TERRAIN ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE CANYON. AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH FLAPS UP, MIXTURE RICH, THROTTLE OUT, TACHOMETER 500 RPM WITH A SLAP MARK AT 300 RPM. PROP DAMAGE AND TREE DAMAGE INDICATED ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT TIME OF IMPACT. THE IMPACT POINT WAS AT APPROX. 10,000 MSL.

## 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 WPR11FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA005), Oct 8, 2010: Cessna 172 (N8437A), Panguitch, UT, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to conduct a low-level flight into a canyon in windy conditions at a high density altitude, which resulted in a collision with trees and terrain.

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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