# Accident 20180813025119A: Cessna 525, Payson, UT, August 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2018, 02:39 local time
- Place: Payson, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0250° N, 111.7225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0250&lon=-111.7225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N526CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N526CP-2020-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525 (registry code 2076601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ-44 series (registry code 66000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj-44-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ 44 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA326) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180813025119A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 02:04 MDT THE AIRMAN ARRIVED AT SPANISH FORK AIRPORT AND OPENED THE HANGAR DOOR. AT ABOUT 02:29 MDT THE AIRMAN TAXIIED N526CP TO THE RUNWAY AND DEPARTED. AT APPROXIMATELY 02:39 MDT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A RESIDENTIAL HOME WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED MOST OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MUCH OF THE HOME. THE RESIDENCE THAT WAS HIT WAS THE AIRMAN'S RESIDENCE.

INVESTIGATION OF THE FLIGHT PATH REVEALED THAT THE AIRMAN WAS FLYING ROUGHTLY NORTH TO SOUTH AT LOW ALTITUDE. THIS RESULTED IN CONTACT WITH TREE TOPS, FLYING UNDER POWER LINES, AND THE LEFT WING TIP MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RESIDENCE ACROSS THE STREET, CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE ROOF,  BEFORE HITTING THE AIRMAN'S RESIDENCE. ONE FACTOR THAT DECREASED THE IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE AIRMAN'S RESIDENCE WAS THE FACT THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SMALL TREE IN THE PARK STRIP AND A VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE AIRMAN'S RESIDENCE BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE HOUSE.

## 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 CEN18FA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA326), Aug 13, 2018: Cessna 525 (N526CP), Payson City, UT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional flight into his residence.

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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