- Date
- November 16, 1988, 01:10 local (08:10 UTC)
- Place
- Tooele, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N222BLCessna 421
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881116050689A
- Case key
- 17570
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - snowFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Flight into known adverse weather - attemptedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222BL
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B-0824
- Airframe hours
- 2,774
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arjay Medical, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1988 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- SGU · St. George, UT
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
N222BLRegistration cancelled Oct 16, 2012 · Cessna 421BAirframe modelCessna 421BEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,375 total · 70 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 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.