# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172P, UT

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB GAA16CA358](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA358.md): Cessna 172 · Bountiful, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 1, 2016 · N52071 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to fly into a canyon without sufficient room to reverse course if necessary, which resulted in an emergency landing, loss of directional control, collision with terrain, and a post-crash fire.
- [NTSB WPR11LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA266.md): Cessna 172P · Mount Pleasant, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 2011 · N65654 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to determine the airplane’s fuel quantity before takeoff, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB DEN04LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA123.md): Cessna 172P · Spanish Fork, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 2004 · N6249K · Destroyed
  > the pilot's improper inflight planning and decision making, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were his intentional low altitude flight and maneuvering, the aircraft's climb performance being exceeded, and the trees.
- [NTSB DEN00LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA121.md): Cessna 172P · Price, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 2000 · N51208 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were strong and gusty winds.
- [NTSB DEN00LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA041.md): Cessna 172P · Huntsville, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 2000 · N65710 · Substantial damage
  > The snow shower, and the lack of suitable terrain for the precautionary landing.
- [NTSB FTW98LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA220.md): Cessna 172P · Monument Valley, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 17, 1998 · N65759 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing. Factors were gusty, crosswind conditions, the pilot's lack of experience in type of operation and geographic area, mountainous terrain, and high density altitude.
- [NTSB FTW98LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA041.md): Cessna 172P · Tooele, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 1997 · N96575 · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane, while landing. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's improper flare for landing, his delay in attempting to go around (abort the landing), and the encounter with a runway marker…
- [NTSB DEN85FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA222.md): Cessna 172P II · Cedar City, UT · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1985 · N54168 · Destroyed
  > The plt took three of his friends up for a pleasure flt in the local area of Cedar City, Utah. VMC prevailed at the time. The plt continued to climb his acft as it passed over rising terrain. The flt terminated in a box canyon with high terrain on all sides.…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'UT' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072436'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072436&state=UT

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