- Date
- January 16, 1993, 11:29 local (18:29 UTC)
- Place
- Fruit Heights, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8004KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930116000379A
- Case key
- 42977
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Probable cause
VFR flight into IMC conditions was attempted by the pilot. Factors include rain, snow, and fog.
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 pilot departed and headed north toward ogden, Utah in deteriorating meteorological conditions. He later requested vectors into salt lake city airport, then ogden, before declaring that he was in IMC conditions and requesting a heading away from the mountains. The aircraft impacted a steep mountainous slope while maneuvering. Local weather reports observed rain, snow, and fog, as well as reduced visibility in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8004K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-3004
- Airframe hours
- 1,977
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thurston, Curtis L.
- Registered owner
- Thurston, Curtis L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1992 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- BTF · Bountiful, UT
- Destination
- OGD · Ogden, 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 855 total · 219 in this make and model · 804 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 15 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.