- Date
- March 4, 1982, 17:15 local (Mar 5, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- 3nm East Of Mar, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3963FCessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820304002379A
- Case key
- 69651
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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
Witnesses in the vicinity of the accident at the approximate time of the accident stated that blizzard like weather conditions existed, that the snow fall was dense & the wind was variable & gusting. The wreckage was located atop a mountain at approximately the 7500 ft level. Persons who knew the plt stated he would fly in wx conditions exceeding VFR conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3963F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36863
- Airframe hours
- 2,136
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald And Wanda Lee
- Registered owner
- Donald And Wanda Lee
- Departed
- KNB · Kanab, UT
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 218 in this make and model · 195 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Temperature
- 86 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.