- Date
- January 30, 1976
- Place
- Logan, UT · LOGAN, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6844XCessna 172A
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760130003349A
- Case key
- 152736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0513 76/1/30 LOGAN,UT CESSNA 172A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1748 N6844X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 4218 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 466 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN CACHE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANDER,WY LOGAN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DEST FOGGED IN,DIDNT GO TO ALT ARPT. ATTMPTD LDG ON SNOW COVERED ROAD. HIT TREE & SIGN POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6844X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Logan Cache
N6844XRegistration cancelled Apr 27, 2004 · Cessna 172AAirframe modelCessna 172AEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6844X · 1
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