- Date
- July 2, 1990, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tooele, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N736NBCessna 172XP
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900702023349A
- Case key
- 17965
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Probable cause
The flights encounter with turblence on final which resulted in a loss of control and a subsequent collision with the ground.
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 private pilot was landing after a cross country flight. He said his weather briefing said to expect thunderstorms and moderate turbulence along his route, and virga in the salt lake city area. At one mile on final, the plane a strong downdraft, followed by an updraft. On short final, the flight encountered another strong downburst. The airplane was at 50 feet AGL and the pilot added full power to go around, but was unable to stop the descent. The plane struck the terrain 50 feet short of the runway, hit a cross ditch, and sheared the nose gear, main gear and bent the left wing spar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736NB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172XP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722648
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Terry Jones
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- AKA · Rock Springs, WY
- Destination
- US6
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- U26 · Tooele, runway 18, 4,200 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 123 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.