- Date
- March 2, 1993, 05:28 local (12:28 UTC)
- Place
- Oakley, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3103PCessna 402B
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930302042939A
- Case key
- 42936
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Probable cause
Poor inflight planning/decision. Factors to the accident were: dark night condition and terrain clearance was not maintained.
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 flight took off at 0500 hours in dark visual meteorological conditions. Radar data indicates that the flight was heading in an easterly direction, towards its destination and had climbed to and leveled off at 12,500 feet. Three minutes prior to the last identified radar target, the pilot obtained a partial weather briefing, for the destination airports, from the flight service station. The wreckage was located in an area of high mountainous terrain. Evidence indicated that the flight collided with a ridge line at the 12,400 foot level. The main wreckage was located on the east side of the ridge at 11,400 feet. During the post crash investigation, there was no evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3103P
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0821
- Airframe hours
- 8,436
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- American Check Transport
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 15, 1993 · 149 hours before
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- RWL · Rawlins, WY
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,521 total · 502 in this make and model · 3,764 as pilot in command · 295 in the last 90 days · 94 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 77 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.