# NTSB investigations, 1987, 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 DEN88FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA037.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Draper, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 15, 1987 · N2138J · Destroyed > Drg a ngt flt to reposition the acft to its home base, the eng lost pwr as the plt was cruising at about 1000' AGL. He transmitted a 'mayday' call & maneuvered the acft to make a forced lndg on an interstate hiway. While apchg to lnd, the acft struck the top… - [NTSB DEN88FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA030.md): Beech J35 · Knolls, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1987 · N2EE · Destroyed > The last comm with the flt was when the plt contacted elko radio and requested the salt lake city wx. He reported that he was at 11500 ft and VFR on top. The specialist on duty was unable to provide the wx info due to a computer sys outage but recommended… - [NTSB DEN88FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA023.md): Cessna 172RG · Pintura, UT · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1987 · N9447B · Destroyed > Bfr takeoff, the plt was briefed abt lgt to mod rime icing in clds & precip abv the frzg lvl. The frzg lvl was forecast to be at 7000' to 9000' in the area of prescott, sloping downward to the north. The plt did not file a flt plan, but did rcv VFR flt flwg… - [NTSB DEN88LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA013.md): Beech C45G · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 22, 1987 · N781A · Substantial damage > While conducting the last landing at the completion of a revenue freight hauling flt the acft departed the side of the runway separating the left main landing gear and damaging the left wing and number one engine. The plt stated that the landing lights would… - [NTSB DEN88LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA006.md): Cessna 182P · Monument Valley, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1987 · N7746G · Substantial damage > The private pilot was landing on a dirt runway and at touchdown a crosswind weathervaned the aircraft to the right. The pilot added full power to try to go around but the aircraft settled back to the ground left of the runway. The aircraft came to rest 300… - [NTSB DEN88LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA003.md): Cessna 152 · Tremonton, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 6, 1987 · N7572B · Substantial damage > The student plt flew to the first stop on his cross country training flight. He misread the windsock and landed downwind on runway 17. After touchdown the pilot lost control of the aircraft and taxied off the left side of the runway, hit a fence and a tree… - [NTSB DEN87LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA245.md): Enstrom 280C · Bountiful, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 1987 · N5692D · Destroyed > While on a local low level pleasure flt the plt failed to see power lines and an in flight collision with the lines occurred severing the right skid and 90 degree gear box from the acft. A semi-autorotative crash occurred on the bank of a irrigation reservoir. - [NTSB DEN87DTM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87DTM01.md): Evans VP-2 · Cedar Valley, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 18, 1987 · N84772 · Destroyed > The acft was flown by two different plts who complained of stiff ailerons. The aileron system was examined but no deficiencies were noted. A third plt then took off and began a lt turn at about 75 to 100 ft AGL. When he attempted to return to wings level he… - [NTSB DEN87LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA241.md): Cessna TU206G · Spanish Fork, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1987 · N756HD · Destroyed > While cruising at 10,500 ft with the power set at 28 inches map & 2350 RPM, the eng suddenly lost pwr & began knocking. The plt noted a rapid drop in oil pressure & saw a 3-inch hole in the top of the eng cowling. He attempted to land on a highway, but was… - [NTSB DEN87LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA238.md): Maule M-5-210TC · Moab, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 1987 · N5637D · Substantial damage > The pilot aborted his approach to runway 21 at canyon lands airport when he had 'indications of a crosswind.' The pilot radioed Moab UNICOM and reported he could not find the windsock and requested wind information. Moab UNICOM reported thewind was 'straight… - [NTSB DEN87LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA235.md): Bell 47-G3B2 · Oakley, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 1987 · N1038X · Substantial damage > The plt had just taken off from a confined area surrounded on two sides with electrical power lines. As he attempted to climb, he said his RPM began to bleed off. He stated that he made a right pedal turn to avoid the wires but was unable to prevent a hard… - [NTSB DEN87FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA231.md): Cessna 310J · Delta, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1987 · N3037L · Substantial damage > Plt stated after the acc that he was not familiar with the fuel system on the Cessna 310. The main fuel tanks are on the wing tips and the aux tanks are in the wings. The plt thought the opposite. The plt departed and was burning fuel from the main tanks when… - [NTSB DEN87FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA230.md): Cessna 170B · Cedar City, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 1987 · N3541D · Destroyed > While on a x-country flt the plt flew into a canyon where turbulence was encountered. The plt stated that he was unable to maintain alt and during the descent the acft collided with the terrain in a small side canyon. - [NTSB DEN87LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA229.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Manila, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 1987 · N43424 · Substantial damage > The student plt was landing at an uncontrolled airport with an asphalt runway 5300 x 60 ft oriented 250 degrees. She said she made 3 passes over the airport to check for conditions and then executed a normal landing. Shortly after touchdown the aircraft… - [NTSB DEN87LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA217.md): Rockwell 200D · Ogden, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1987 · N2909T · Substantial damage > The pilot stated that he was on a ferry flight to Ogden, UT and experienced smoke in the cockpit shortly after deprt. The pilot executed a straight in visual approach to runway 34 and before he was able to stop the aircraft a fire erupted. The aircraft was… - [NTSB DEN87LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA215.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 1987 · N2431Q · Substantial damage > The pilot stated the touchdown seemed normal but the aircraft began to porpoise, the propellers struck the runway and the aircraft came to a stop. A post accident inspection revealed the nose gear steering roller had become dislodged and prevented proper… - [NTSB DEN87LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA176.md): Aeronca 7BCM · Bountiful, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 9, 1987 · N8362H · Destroyed > The private pilot was practicing touch and go landing. The pilot reported the third landing was a wheel landing. Just after touchdown, adjacent to large petroleum tanks, the aircraft weather cocked to the right. The aircraft swerved right and departed the… - [NTSB DEN87LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA173.md): Beech B-60 · Kanab, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 1987 · N18444 · Substantial damage > The commercial corporate plt had deplaned his passengers and was beginning the second leg of a corp/exec flight. During ground run the plt detected a manifold pressure loss on the left engine. The plt aborted the takeoff and applied heavy braking. The… - [NTSB DEN87LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA165.md): Cessna 150-J · Ogden, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1987 · N60154 · Substantial damage > The plt and his son were returning home to Ogden. The plt reported to Ogden tower, 'I'm out of fuel.' The plt later stated, 'I landed in a field of two foot tall grass about five miles north of Ogden arpt. Prior to coming to a stop the acft struck a ditch… - [NTSB DEN87LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA155.md): Cessna 172 · Paradise, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1987 · N7121A · Substantial damage > The plt departed bear lake arpt, montpelier, ID, and flew to logan, UT. He departed logan and flew to his father's ranch at avon, UT, near Paradise. A 1400-FT dirt/gravel driveway leading to the ranch house was used as a rwy. The plt said he helped his father… - [NTSB DEN87LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA158.md): Cessna 170B · Monument Valley, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 1987 · N2398D · Substantial damage > The plt landed to take pictures in Monument Valley off designated arpt. On takeoff the plt reported that the acft could not maintain sufficient altitude and that he had to make a forced landing. The plt did not report any mechanical failure or malfunction. - [NTSB DEN87LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA141.md): Cessna T210H · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 1987 · N692RF · Substantial damage > The plt rprtd dscndg from 10,500 feet MSL for an apch to rwy 34 right at the Salt Lake City arpt. He stated he had selected landing flaps & had moved the mixture to rich & the prop to high RPM. At 8,500 MSL, 'the engine quit.' Subsequently, the plt made a… - [NTSB DEN87LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA142.md): Bell 206B II · Logan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 1987 · N59624 · Substantial damage > The plt did not have authorizatoin from his employer to conduct the flight. The plt stated after the acc that he was on a LCL flt with the pax to view property. He cont to state that drng a rt turn the eng low rotor RPM warning sounded. The plt executed an… - [NTSB DEN87LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA138.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Monticello, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 1987 · N7744P · Substantial damage > The plt stated after the accident that shortly after departure the pax smelled something burning. The plt circled the arpt and determined the flt could continue. A short time later the burning smell returned followed by a loss of fuel pressure. The plt… - [NTSB DEN87LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA135.md): Cessna 152 · Ogden, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 26, 1987 · N48590 · Substantial damage > The student plt & CFI were practicing slow flt & stalls. Carb heat was applied before the start of each stall series. During the recovery from the last stall the student plt applied only partial pwr. The CFI applied full pwr & the eng began to run rough. The… - [NTSB DEN87FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA134.md): Piper PA-28RT-201T · Ogden, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 25, 1987 · N2888B · Destroyed > Acft departed rapid city, SD, en route to elko, NV. While in cruise flt in IMC at 12,000 ft, eng lost all pwr. Acft was over mountainous terrain and ATC issued plt vectors through canyon. Acft broke out of overcast at 8000 ft MSL (about 1500 ft AGL) and 6 mi… - [NTSB DEN87LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA120.md): Bell 47G3B2A · Brigham City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 8, 1987 · N58131 · Substantial damage > An ag plt was ferrying a helicopter to another job in his local area. The plt, an ATP, had estimated that the helicopter had enough fuel for the flt. The helicopter's engine quit and an autorotation was performed, resulting in a hard landing. Less than one… - [NTSB DEN87LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA115.md): Beech A23-24 · Roosevelt, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 29, 1987 · N4745J · Substantial damage > During landing, as the acft neared the taxiway leading to the parking ramp, the plt applied brakes and the acft veered to the off the rwy. The plt then applied pwr in an attempt to takeoff. The acft paralleled the rwy for a short distance and after crossing a… - [NTSB DEN87LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA097.md): Mclachlan Moni · Tooele, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1987 · N96606 · Substantial damage > The private plt was cruising the local area near his home in his homebuilt experimental moni. The newly installed engine began to run rough. This engine is not a traditional acft engine and was a two cycle, two cylinder engine manufactured in italy, with an… - [NTSB DEN87LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA094.md): Hughes 269C · Scoffield, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1987 · N9676F · Substantial damage > The plt and his brother were on a long cross country flt, through mountainous terrain. After one hour of flt and while flying at 8,000 feet the plt noticed a change in engine noise and the acft had a partial power loss. The plt elected to autorotate to a snow… - [NTSB DEN87LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA089.md): Cessna 152 · Bountiful, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 1987 · N4970B · Substantial damage > The stud plt was practicing stalls about 10 n of arpt. During recovery from a stall the eng began to run rough. The plt said he advanced throttle, applied carb heat, and tried to adjust mixture. The eng continued to run rough and lose pwr and the plt returned… - [NTSB DEN87LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA088.md): Cessna 152 · Milford, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1987 · N67880 · Substantial damage > N67880 experienced VOR receiver failure during a flt from ogden, UT to st. george, UT. The plt diverted to Milford, UT and another plt checked the receiver which functioned on the ground. The flt then departed Milford en route to st. george. Shortly after… - [NTSB DEN87FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA081.md): Piper PA-22-150 · Morgan, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 3, 1987 · N3809P · Destroyed > The plt departed Morgan arpt with an acft near gross weight, in a relatively strong cross wind. After a successful takeoff at about 100 AGL, he said he encountered moderate turbulence and a downdraft. Altitude and airspeed could not be maintained. The acft… - [NTSB DEN87LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA074.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Park City, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 1987 · N1521G · Substantial damage > The Balloon was landing in an open field and struck a rock. One pax had prepared for hard landing and one had elected to continue filming. The photographer was thrown forward out of the basket and the basket passed over him, coming to rest 50 feet away. - [NTSB DEN87FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA069.md): Raven S-77A · Park City, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1987 · N40968 · Destroyed > While on a commercial pax sightseeing flt, the plt allowed a non-rated student plt to fly the balloon until it nearly collided with buildings. The plt took over the controls and applied maximum burner heating to avoid impact with the buildings, which resulted… - [NTSB DEN87LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA052.md): Cessna 185C · Cedar City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1987 · N2691Z · Substantial damage > During normal descent at seven-thousand ft MSL, acft struck a bird. The left wing tip leading edge incurred a dent twenty-four inches long and twelve inches deep. Directional control became difficult so plt made a precautionary landing on highway I-15, and… - [NTSB DCA87MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA018.md): Swearingen SA-226TC · Kearns, UT · Accident · 10 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jan 15, 1987 · N163SW · 2 aircraft · Destroyed > The two acft, a Swearingen SA-226TC and a Mooney M-20, collided in flt at aprx 7000 ft MSL in the salt lake city arpt (slc) radar service area over Kearns, UT. The SA-226 was approaching slc for lndg and the M-20 was conducting a local trng flt when the… ## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1987 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'UT' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?state=UT&year=1987 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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