- Date
- August 17, 1985, 19:25 local (Aug 18, 1985, 01:25 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar City, UT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54168Cessna 172P II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850817039099A
- Case key
- 16552
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt took three of his friends up for a pleasure flt in the local area of Cedar City, Utah. VMC prevailed at the time. The plt continued to climb his acft as it passed over rising terrain. The flt terminated in a box canyon with high terrain on all sides. The acft impacted threes and was destroyed in a post accident fire. There were no survivors.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54168
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273898
- Airframe hours
- 1,792
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Freedom Aviation
- Registered owner
- S. H. Daniels
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1984 · 130 hours before
- Departed
- SGU · St. George, 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 21 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDC, 15 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.