- Date
- November 14, 1990, 20:00 local (Nov 15, 1990, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brigham City, UT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5030ACessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901114050259A
- Case key
- 41363
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain a proper climb rate.
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
Shortly after take off from a peninsula in night VMC, the pilot reported that a turn to down wind was made when he lost sight of the horizon. The next thing the pilot remembers is the airplane colliding in the water and nosing over. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5030A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28030
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Tilley
- Departed
- Rozel, UT
- Destination
- BMC · Brigham 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 115 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 21 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.