DEN67A0080

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 170 · Blanding, UT · June 17, 1967

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
June 17, 1967
Place
Blanding, UT · BLANDING, UT
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
N4120VCessna 170
Status
Completed · report October 19, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
116919

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0567  67/6/17    BLANDING,UTAH       CESSNA 170          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 28, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1932                    N4120V              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- ACFT STALLED IN STEEP CLIMB FOLLOWING DIVE OVER PARK RESERVOIR.ACFT WAS BLO TOP OF RESERVOIR DAM.

Aircraft

Registration
N4120V
Reported as
Cessna 170
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.