- Date
- September 26, 1972
- Place
- Hanksville, UT · HANKSVILLE, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1636NFunk B85C
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3516 72/9/26 NR.HANKSVILLE,UT FUNK B85C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 531 TIME - UNK/NR N1636N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIMPLOT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREEN RIVER,UT UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- ACCDT DATE PRESUMED.RECOVERED 9/28/72 FROM MTN MESA ABOUT 1600 FT FROM ABANDONED STRIP.NO MALFUNC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1636N
- Reported as
- Funk B85C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Simplot
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