# NTSB DEN84LA248: Cessna 172M, N80163, West Jordan, UT, August 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1984, 06:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place: West Jordan, UT
- Coordinates: 40.620124, -111.980728 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6201&lon=-111.9807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16452
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA248
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16452/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA248

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - initiated, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT JUST AS HE TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 34 THE WIND SHIFTED FROM WEST TO EAST. HE ABORTED THE LANDING AND DURING THE CLIMBOUT, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THE FLAPS WERE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE CARB HEAT WAS IN THE 'ON' POSITION. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD 3 HOURS OF SOLO FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N80163 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17266411
- Airframe hours: 2150
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Johnnie G Duran
- Registered owner: Johnie G. Duran
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: U42, Salt Lake City Municipal, runway 34, 5,604 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; student; medical: valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 8 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840803038119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840803038119A), Aug 3, 1984: Cessna 172M, West Jordan, UT, Substantial damage. Stalled trying to go around due to a shifting surface wind. Flaps were full down and carburetor head full on.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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