# NTSB DEN73AD050: Cessna A185F, N70298, Moab, UT, May 19, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 19, 1973
- Place: Moab, UT · MOAB, UT
- Location: 38.5701° N, 109.5478° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moab, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5701&lon=-109.5478&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190668
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN73AD050
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD050

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70298-1973-07-20), registration cancelled 1973-07-20, S/N 18502101 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Registry model: [Cessna 185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185f) (registry code 2072820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730519013619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730519013619A), May 19, 1973: Cessna A185E, Moab, UT, Destroyed, 3 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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