- Date
- August 31, 1968
- Place
- Central, UT · CENTRAL, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5634TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108403
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3026 68/8/31 CENTRAL,UT CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 219 TIME - 1841 N5634T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHFIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT OVERFLEW SEVERAL SUITABLE FLDS. LEFT WING STRUCK TELEPHONE POLE LNDG ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5634T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Richfield
N5634TRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2017 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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