# NTSB DEN87LA052: Cessna 185C, N2691Z, Cedar City, UT, February 9, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 9, 1987, 16:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Coordinates: 37.589706, -113.190292 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5897&lon=-113.1903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17167
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17167/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA052

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, descent - normal
  - wing,wingtip - bent
  - directional control - inadequate
  - object - bird(s) (cause)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2691Z), registered now, S/N 1850691, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185C
- Registry model: [Cessna 185C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185c) (registry code 2072808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1850691
- Airframe hours: 3100
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870209002519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870209002519A), Feb 9, 1987: Cessna 185C, Cedar City, UT, Substantial damage. The wing tip struck a bird. The pilot elected to land on a highway. Aircraft damage from bird and landing.

## Other investigations on N2691Z (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN84LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA098), Feb 23, 1984: Cessna 185C (N2691Z), Spanish Fork, UT, substantial damage

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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