# NTSB DEN71DXT20: Cessna 320, N3037T, Tooele, UT, February 2, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 2, 1971
- Place: Tooele, UT · TOOELE, UT
- Location: 40.5394° N, 112.3078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tooele, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5394&lon=-112.3078&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159457
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN71DXT20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN71DXT20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0238   71/2/2    TOOELE,UT           CESSNA 320          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1896
        TIME - 1320                    N3037T              PX-  0  0  5  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1364 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TOOELE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KEARNY,ARIZ                 TOOELE,UT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    3000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           30                                                       90
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           10                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3037T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3037T-1988-08-15), registration cancelled 1988-08-15, S/N 320C0037 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- Registry model: [Cessna 320C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320c) (registry code 2074510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tooele

## Other investigations on N3037T (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN84FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA065), Jan 6, 1984: Cessna 320C (N3037T), Provo, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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