- Date
- March 24, 1988, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Logan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9393CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880324031559A
- Case key
- 17461
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Analysis
The plt reported that he was on a flight from Colorado springs to portland, Oregon. He said he planned to refuel in the Logan/malad city, Idaho area. After crossing a ridgeline in the mountainous terrain east of Logan, the flt encountered low ceilings and snow showers. Unable to cross the next ridgeline in visual meteorological conditions, and having been airborne for nearly five hours, the plt elected to land on a paved highway. During the landing, one of the main landing gear wheels ran off the side of the roadway into soft earth and then into the ditch where the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9393C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31791
- Airframe hours
- 3,800
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael L. Warbington
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1988
- Departed
- 00V · Colorado Sprgs, CO
- Destination
- Logan, 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 620 total · 140 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
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 N9393C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.