- Date
- May 19, 1973
- Place
- Moab, UT · MOAB, UT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70298Cessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730519013619A
- Case key
- 190668
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1099 73/5/19 MOAB,UT CESSNA A185F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0631 N70298 PX- 3 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY AGE 35, 6668 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 259 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOAB,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70298
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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