# Accident 20171229023879A: Cessna 172M, Reese, UT, December 29, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2017, 14:40 local time
- Place: Reese, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3300° N, 112.6636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3300&lon=-112.6636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4395R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4395R-2019-10-10) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,587 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171229023879A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 29, 2017, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OGD AT 1421 ON RWY 17, AND DEPARTED THE AREA TO THE WEST.  AFTER PASSING SOUTH OF PROMONTORY POINT AT ABOUT 1434 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO A NORTHWEST HEADING.  RADAR WAS LOST AT 1438 LOCAL TIME DUE TO TERRAIN AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER THAT INTO THE SALT LAKE.

BODIES WERE RECOVERED ON JANUARY 13, 2018.  THE AIRCRAFT WILL NOT BE RECOVERED DUE TO THE LOCATION AND BEING SUBMERGED IN SALT WATER.

## 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 WPR18FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA063), Dec 29, 2017: Cessna 172M (N4395R), Ogden, UT, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the water while flying over a lake with glassy surface conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's use of three impairing medications.

## Other reports on N4395R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970701045099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970701045099A), Jul 1, 1997: Cessna 172M (N4395R), Substantial damage. During annual mechanics found firewall damage. Unknown when or where or who on board at time off occurance.

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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