- Date
- December 22, 1985, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brigham City, UT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N64005Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851222063489A
- Case key
- 17058
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft contacted mountainous terrain during a descent through fog. The plt stated that on the return flt from malad, ID, he began following a mountain range which he believed would take him back to ogden. However, the range guided him southwest of the desired course. The plt then began a descent into the fog over what he thought should have been willard bay, an open valley, but in reality he was in the promontory mountains. At an alt of aprx 5000 ft MSL the passenger saw brush beneath the acft and shortly thereafter impact with the terrain occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64005
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264953
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hill Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MLD · Malad, ID
- Destination
- OGD · Ogden, 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 60 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OGD, 30 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.