- Date
- August 7, 1976
- Place
- Cedar City, UT · CEDAR CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5285HCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760807024359A
- Case key
- 154934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2112 76/8/7 CEDAR CITY,UT CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 498 TIME - 1235 N5285H PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 370 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT CEDAR CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PILOT IN COMMAND SEATED IN RIGHT SEAT. PAX,A STUDENT PILOT,IN LEFT SEAT. GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5285H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar City Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5285H · 2
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