- Date
- May 19, 1988, 18:30 local (May 20, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Heber City, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N25934Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880519048999A
- Case key
- 17368
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The CFI and student plt were on a round-robin cross-country flt. A witness near the accident site said he saw an airplane flying 'up a canyon quite slow and low'. The airplane was reported overdue and found the next day in a 'box canyon' at the 8,500 foot level. The portion of the canyon where the wreckage was located is approximately 1/4 mile wide. The airplane impacted trees and steep terrain in a near vertical, nose low, rt wing low attitude. No evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane, engine or propeller was found. The density altitude was calculated to be 10,278 feet. The terrain in the vicinity of the accident site rises to over 11,000 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25934
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280866
- Airframe hours
- 1,423
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hudson General
- Registered owner
- Raymond K Steele
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1988 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- 364 · Heber City, UT
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,454 total · 1,295 as pilot in command · 152 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.