- Date
- February 9, 1987, 16:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2691ZCessna 185C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870209002519A
- Case key
- 17167
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During normal descent at seven-thousand ft MSL, acft struck a bird. The left wing tip leading edge incurred a dent twenty-four inches long and twelve inches deep. Directional control became difficult so plt made a precautionary landing on highway I-15, and taxied two miles to Cedar City arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2691Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850691
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Keith R. Hooker, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Keith R. Hooker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986
- Departed
- PVI · Provo, UT
- Destination
- 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,010 total · 2,010 in this make and model · 2,010 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDC, 8 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 N2691Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.