# NTSB DEN86LA187: Cessna 172N, N8291E, Richfield, UT, July 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1986, 08:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place: Richfield, UT
- Coordinates: 38.750892, -112.100997 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7509&lon=-112.1010&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17002
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17002/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA187

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, '...I NOTICED THE WIND SOCK AND IT WAS DROOPING...I WENT TO FINAL APPROACH (FOR RWY 1) ... NOTICED A LITTLE WIND SO I CRABBED INTO IT, AND I NOTICED MY APPROACH DIDN'T LOOK GOOD SO I WENT TO DO A GO-AROUND. I WENT TO RAISE THE FLAPS AND JUST THEN A WIND SHEAR OR MICRO BURST HIT US AND WE HIT REAL HARD AND BOUNCED...I TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT BUT HAD NO CONTROL.' THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER ON THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8291E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8291E), registered now, S/N 17272177, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272177
- Airframe hours: 2909
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Marvin Pulsipher
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 21, 1986
- Departed: FGO, ST. GEORGE, UT
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: RIF, Ridgefield Muni, runway 1, 6,645 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 86 total, 23 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19860704034859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860704034859A), Jul 4, 1986: Cessna 172N, Richfield, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed hard and flipped over on the runway. Pilot reported downdraft as go around was initiated.

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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