# NTSB SEA93LA193: Cessna 172N, N8067E, Price, UT, September 6, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 6, 1993, 12:58 local (18:58 UTC) - Place: Price, UT - Coordinates: 39.56911, -110.800186 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5691&lon=-110.8002&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - Status: Completed, report August 1, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 41762 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA193 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41762/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA193 ## Probable cause THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALL. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled ## Analysis THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING AT A SLOW AIRSPEED AND LOW ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND WHILE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING AIRCRAFT. HE INITIATED A TURN, AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, DESCENDED UNCONTROLLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. ## Factual narrative On Monday afternoon, September 6, 1993, at 1258 mountain daylight time, a Cessna C-172N, registered to the pilot, impacted terrain 30 miles east of Price, Utah, in an uncontrolled descent. There was no flight plan filed for the personal flight, conducted under 14 CFR 91 in visual meteorological conditions, that departed Price, Utah at 1200, September 6, 1993, with the intended destination of Roosevelt, Utah. The private certificated pilot and the one passenger aboard suffered minor injuries in the accident. The aircraft was substantially damaged. There was no fire. The pilot reported to the Carbon County Sheriff who responded to the site that the aircraft flaps malfunctioned and he was unable to maintain altitude. He said he made a forced landing in a mountain meadow. An aircraft mechanic, Mr. Randy Goodrich, who was contracted to examine the wreckage, reported there was no evidence of any malfunction of the flaps or flight controls. The pilot did not indicate there was any aircraft mechanical malfunction in the pilot report, NTSB Form 6120.1/2, he submitted. The passenger, who declined to submit a written statement, stated in a telephone interview that the purpose of the flight was to search for a missing aircraft. He said the pilot had flown into a mountain pass and was circling what appeared to be an aircraft wreckage when the stall warning horn activated and the aircraft dropped. Witnesses on the ground, Mike DeVaney and David Summers, reported the aircraft flew overhead at a low altitude, dropped a can, began a left turn and started to fall. Mr. Summers estimated the aircraft speed was about 40 MPH. He said the aircraft started tipping from side to side, then went into the ground. Both witnesses indicated they responded to the accident site. Mr. DeVaney wrote in a witness statement that the pilot said the stall buzzer was going off and that he could not get the plane to make it over the hill. The Carbon County, Utah, sheriff reported that he interviewed the pilot and the passenger after the accident. He wrote in his report of the mishap that the pilot stated he thought the accident resulted from a flap malfunction. He wrote that passenger Shaw stated the pilot was banking left when the stall alarm went off, and that they slowed up, lost their speed and went down. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8067E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8067E-1993-12-07), registration cancelled 1993-12-07, S/N 17272125 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N - Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17272125 - Airframe hours: 1065 - Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Steiner, Steven L. - Registered owner: Klamt Refrigeration - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1993, 90 hours before - Destination: 74V, ROOSEVELT, UT ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,050 total, 1,025 in this make and model, 1,050 as pilot in command, 105 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 4 knots - Visibility: 40 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: VEL, 45 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19930906033119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930906033119A), Sep 6, 1993: Cessna 172N, Price, UT, Substantial damage. Stalled while circling area low and slow. Blamed flaps but no defect found. From the NTSB's public API. 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