- Date
- February 2, 1982, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12BKSmith Miniplane BK-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 73004
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot had just purchased the aircraft and was making touch and go landings for familiarization. He was using a paved runway with patches of ice and was landing with about a 10 knot right crosswind. On about his eighth landing, the plane began to drift to the right. The pilot reported that he was unable to correct enough to avoid running off the runway. The plane struck a snowbank and turned over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12BK
- Reported as
- Smith Miniplane BK-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 18
- Airframe hours
- 95
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290G, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph K. Jarvis
- Registered owner
- Ralph K. Jarvis
- Departed
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- U42 · Salt Lake #2, runway 16, 5,700 × 0 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 701 total · 2 in this make and model · 503 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 86 °F