# NTSB SEA07CA168: Cessna 172D, N2579U, Halls Crossing, UT, June 10, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 10, 2007, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Halls Crossing, UT
- Coordinates: 37.325, -110.541664
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3250&lon=-110.5417&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66007/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA168

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to select suitable terrain for landing.  A contributing factor was the rough/uneven terrain.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The pilot said that he was landing on a dirt road, which is utilized as a backcountry strip.  He said he was landing with a tailwind, and landed long and with too high of an airspeed.  He said the road turned, and the airplane departed the road and encountered rough terrain.  Subsequently the nose wheel bent aft, the left wing was bent aft, and the top of the left wing was wrinkled.

## Factual narrative

The pilot said that he was landing on a dirt road, which is utilized as a backcountry strip.  He said he was landing with a tailwind, and landed long and with too high of an airspeed.  He said the road turned, and the airplane departed the road and encountered rough terrain.  Subsequently the nose wheel bent aft, the left wing was bent aft, and the top of the left wing was wrinkled.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2579U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2579U), registered now, S/N 17250179, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172D
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17250179
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Eugene D. Foushee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 66V, Bluff, UT
- Destination: NONE, Halls Crossing, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 78; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 1,203 total, 1,074 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNY

## 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 20070610009479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070610009479A), Jun 10, 2007: Cessna 172D, Clay Hills, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] departed the blanding, UT (kbdg) airport on 06/10/07 around 0830 to fly to Clay Hills. When he arrived at Clay Hills…

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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