- Date
- January 5, 1984, 18:08 local (Jan 6, 1984, 01:08 UTC)
- Place
- Provo, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3037TCessna 320C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840105001319A
- Case key
- 16192
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had been cleared for an ILS rwy 13 apch. A witness, located just north of the rwy, saw an acft pass overhead & stated that the acft was not an a correct apch. The acft then began heading west as if to circle for a 2nd apch. The witness also estimated that the acft was about 200 ft AGL. The acft subsequently crashed into ice-covered lake Utah 2,725 ft to the right (west) of the rwy 13 centerline extended & 2,850 ft from the apch end of rwy 13. The accident sitewas inside the middle marker (missed approach point.) There was evidence that the acft impacted in a left wing low, nose down attitude. Wx mins for the apch were 300 ft ceiling & visibility 4 mi. The last entry in the plt's logbook was dated 3/3/83. There were no logbook entries for flt time in the Cessna 320 acft. The altimeter was found set to 30.24. The plt was given an altimeter setting of 30.34 prior to the apch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3037T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320C0037
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Talley, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1983
- Departed
- 4SD · Reno, NV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PVU · Provo Muni, runway 13, 7,096 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 586 total · 3,837 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PVU, 1 nm away
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 N3037T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.