- Date
- December 19, 1973
- Place
- West Jordan, UT · WEST JORDAN, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2651UCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731219039079A
- Case key
- 187674
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3595 73/12/19 WEST JORDAN,UT CESSNA 172D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2508 TIME - 1400 N2651U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE NR.2 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKO,NEV WEST JORDAN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- NOSE GR SCISSORS HINGE BOLT MISSING.ACFT HAD 100 HR INSPECTION PREVIOUS DAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2651U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Salt Lake Nr.2
N2651URegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2009 · Cessna 172DAirframe modelCessna 172DEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2651U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.