# NTSB DEN65F0028: Forney F-1A, N3051G, Spanish Fork, UT, February 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 24, 1965
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT · SPANISH FORK, UT
- Location: 40.1132° N, 111.6431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spanish Fork, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1132&lon=-111.6431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179417
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN65F0028
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65F0028

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0392  65/2/24    SPANISH FORK UT     FORNEY F-1A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 31, 79 TOTAL
        TIME - 1745                    N3051G              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SPANISH FORK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3051G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3051G-2020-04-03), registration cancelled 2020-04-03, S/N 5754, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FORNEY F-1A
- Registry model: [Aircoupe F-1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aircoupe-f-1a) (registry code 0420104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Spanish Fork

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.

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