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NTSB investigations, 1984, UT

180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.

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NTSB DEN85LA047Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22-135 · Taylor, UTAcft collided with a pile of snow near the edge of rwy while landing. Plt stated he misjudged the apch and reduced power prematurely.Dec 22, 1984 · N3648A · Substantial damageNTSB DEN85LA042Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 369D · Springville, UTThe acft was being positioned at a remote site for a passenger pick-up. During the maneuvering to get into a good spot for landing the plt lost visual reference because of blowing snow. The plt said he felt the right skid hit the ground and lowered collective…Dec 13, 1984 · N58220 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN85LA038Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 369D · Spanish Fork, UTShortly after takeoff plt felt shutter in acft and noticed a rise in the turbine outlet temp. Plt heard low whine of high pitch noise in engine. Engine chip detector light came on followed by the engine out light and horn and oil pressure warning light.…Dec 8, 1984 · N5124X · Substantial damageNTSB DEN85FA035Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182H · Provo, UTThe left seat non-instrument pvt plt was being checked out in the flying club acft by a comm plt. The acft was being flown over Utah lake on a dark night, on final approach to runway 31 at the pvu arpt. While on final, the flying plt manuevered the acft for…Dec 2, 1984 · N8580S · DestroyedNTSB DEN85LA031Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150E · Wallsburg, UTThe acft swerved off the rwy and nosed over after colliding with a dirt bank and a ditch. The plt said that at touchdownon the gravel ranch strip he felt a bump and the acft veered to the edge of the rwy. He added that power was applied forthe go-around but…Nov 23, 1984 · N2528J · Substantial damageNTSB DEN85LA029Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182P · Snowville, UTThe acft nosed over during an off arpt forced landing after the engine failed in cruise flt. The engine was disassembledand examined on 12/3/84. The #3 and #4 piston rods were separated from their cranckshaft journals. Most of the rod bearings were worn. The…Nov 19, 1984 · N21037 · DestroyedNTSB DEN85FA027Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportBell 206B-11 · Bingham Canyon, UTPilot was taking passeengers on a sightseeng flight over the kennecott copper mine, largest open pit copper mine in the world. Helicopter collided with unmarked power lines approx 185 ft AGL. Power lines are supported by two unmarked towers on opposing hills…Nov 15, 1984 · N1077T · DestroyedNTSB DEN85FA028Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportChampion 7ECA · Sevier, UTThe plt was en route from anchorage, Alaska to prescott, Arizona to be with his dying mother. Weather was described as windy, low ceilings, and approaching dusk when the a/c departed richfield, Utah. A/c was loaded with 284 lbs of cargo. A/c crashed on…Nov 13, 1984 · N5109T · DestroyedNTSB DEN85IA025Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportAerospatiale SA315B (Lama) · Oak City, UTBoth acft were performing external load operations. N5785V was in level flt to the north. N9362 was in a 60-70 kt slight climb to the southeast. Neither plt, both in rt seats, saw the other acft before contact. Three main rotor blades of N5785V passed through…Nov 11, 1984 · N5785V · 2 aircraft · Minor damageNTSB DEN85LA021Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 320B · Glen Canyon, UTOn takeoff roll, plt noted 5 inch difference in manifold pressure between the engs. Acft began to drift to the right. Plt applied corrective difference power, rudder and aileron to correct drift, but stated a gust of wind caused further right drift. Right…Oct 27, 1984 · N9842L · Substantial damageNTSB DEN85LA018Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech C-45H · Heber City, UTWhile in cruise flt, plt noted gradual left eng oil press drop from normal 70 PSI to 20 PSI. Plt shut down left eng, feathered prop and diverted to alternate airport. En route to alternate plt attempted to restart left eng to avoid single-engine landing. Plt…Oct 25, 1984 · N9561Z · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84FTM04Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportRolladen-Schneider LS3 · Brigham City, UTThe acft impacted on a mountain ridge during a 60 deg left bank. The plt had been in radio communication with another glider plt near his flt area. Just prior to the accident he radioed that he was going around a mountain point in search of a thermal. When no…Sep 29, 1984 · N8JN · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA299Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T207A · Mexican Hat, UTPlt stated after accident that while on final approach with eng pwr reduced for landing, the acft began to descend below the desired glidepath. When the throttle was advanced there was no added thrust. An in-flight restart was unsuccesful. The acft landed…Sep 25, 1984 · N75870 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA306Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182 · Salt Lake City, UTAccording to the plt the southerly wind was gusting to an unknown intensity and wind shear was encountered during landing. Ground contact occurred in a nose down attitude on the nose landing gear.Sep 22, 1984 · N97852 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84FA298Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182P · Glen Canyon, UTThe acft crashed into the 10388 ft high navaho mountain at about the 9800 ft level. Reportedly there was no moon that evening. The plt had departed hayward, CA at 1351 MDT & was enroute to farmington, NM. The acft crashed at 2027 MDT. Investigation revealed…Sep 18, 1984 · N1939M · DestroyedNTSB DEN84LA288Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 206B · Vernal, UTPlt stated that while on a heading of 050 degs (wind from 270 degs at 5 KTS) the acft began to shudder and veered to the right. Plt attempted remedial action but acft continued descending in a right spiral to ground contact. Examination of the helicopter did…Sep 12, 1984 · N1086Y · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84FTM03Accident · No injuriesFinal reportRotorway Rotorway Executive · Lehi, UTThe student plt was practicing hover taxiing at the abandoned arpt. While taxiing the right skid hit a 3 inch high moundof dirt. The acft bounced up and rolled to the left. The plt attempted to correct using the cyclic but the acft began to roll further to…Sep 7, 1984 · N5211F · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA277Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · West Jordan, UTAccording to the plt, at midfield during the landing roll a gust of wind from the west caught the right wing. The acft ground looped collapsing the left main landing gear and damaging the left wing. While the nearest wx observation facility reported wind from…Sep 5, 1984 · N926OC · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA271Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEnstrom 280C · Bluffdale, UTPlt was practicing hovering over a 40 x 60 foot helicopter pad. Plt stated, a gust of wind caught the helicopter moving it off the pad and into nearby power lines. The terrain around the pad slopes down. The power lines were located aprx 125 ft from the pad…Aug 29, 1984 · N4992M · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA269Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150F · Price, UTThe pilot was following a mountain road through a pass when aircraft performance became insufficient to out climb risingterrain and continued until there was insufficient manuvering room to reverse course. A forced landing was effected on the road and the…Aug 27, 1984 · N7097F · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA249Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32-260 · Ogden, UTAfter discharging sky divers, plt was concentrating on max rate of descent, eng pwr at idle, when fuel tank in use ran day. Pwr loss not noted until throttle applied for level off. Switch to usable fuel tank and restart attempt initiated with insufficient…Aug 4, 1984 · N3392W · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA248Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · West Jordan, UTThe student pilot stated that just as he touched down on rwy 34 the wind shifted from west to east. He aborted the landing and during the climbout, the aircraft stalled. Examination of the aircraft after the accident revealed the flaps were in the down…Aug 3, 1984 · N80163 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA246Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStinson 108-1 · Bountiful, UTFollowing an uneventful runup the pilot took off and was climbing through 400 ft AGL when the engine began to lose power. The pilot then turned on the carburetor heat, but it did not alleviate the engine problem. He then made an emergency landing in a field,…Aug 1, 1984 · N8280K · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84FA242Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Park Valley, UTNewly certificated pvt plt departed on a moonless night for a VFR flt. Route of flt was over a desert like environment where there are no visual cues for attitude reference. Acft wreckage was found the following day. Acft impacted tundra inverted at a high…Jul 30, 1984 · N8445F · DestroyedNTSB DEN84FTM02Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportAmateur Built Thorp T-18 · Salt Lake City, UTThe plt was on a x-country to Salt Lake City. Approaching Salt lake he saw thunderstorms in the area. At this point he said he had 1/4 of a tank of gas so he diverted to ogden then tried for morgan where he was waved off by 3 people on therwy. Plt then…Jul 22, 1984 · N18GY · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA226Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · W Bountiful, UTThe acft was a Cessna 172 that had been converted to a 'Texas taildragger' in accordance with an approved STC. The purpose of the flt was for the plt to obtain a biennial flt review. He stated that immediately after takeoff, the eng began to progressively…Jul 17, 1984 · N4044F · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LU008Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportWeedhopper Unknown · Spanish Fork, UTThe ultralight was taking off from a street with obstructions on either side. The plt said that during the climbout, he encountered a x-wind from the north which blew him into a lamp post. The vehicle and pole were damaged and the vehicle crashed to the…Jul 12, 1984 · UNREG · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA220Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech F33A · Glen Canyon, UTAccording to the plt, a slightly higher than normal apch speed with partial flap extension was used for the apch due to the turbulance and wind gusts to 25 KTS. After crossing the threshold at 20 to 30 ft AGL the flare resulted in what the pilot described as…Jul 12, 1984 · N333TR · DestroyedNTSB DEN84LA216Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 206B · Salina, UTThe acft crashed during takeoff. The plt said he was hovering after takeoff at about 20 ft AGL when he noticed a long line draped over the rt skid. He said he thought he could dislodge it. While maneuvring to attempt this, the helicopter rolled to the rt and…Jul 10, 1984 · N878LC · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA213Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Bryce, UTThe plt said that the wind was calm. The arpt mgr said that the wind was 5-10 KTS from about 180 degrees. The acft according to him went off the left side of the rwy into dirt at full pwr. The acft went back to the rwy heading still atfull power. The plt…Jul 7, 1984 · N25673 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84FA194Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-140 · Cedar City, UTThe acft collided with rising terrain in a box canyon. The plt said he found himself trapped with the terrain coming up 'to meet the plane' and decided to try and land on a nearby road. The acft stalled into trees prior to reaching the road. The plt also said…Jun 25, 1984 · N98220 · DestroyedNTSB DEN84LA180Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRockwell Callair A-9B · Circleville, UTAfter spraying several fields, the plt looked down to check a map during which time a loss of altitude occurred. The acft collided with a barbed wire fence. One of the main gear was damaged & the barbed wire became entangled in the propeller. During a forced…Jun 15, 1984 · N7660V · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA175Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerospatiale SA-315B · Salina, UTThe acft was on a maintenance check flt after the main rotor shaft assembly thrust bearing had been replaced after the acft had yawing problems and popping sounds at high pitch settings while liftings loads. The plt tried to duplicate the conditions for the…Jun 10, 1984 · N29907 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA173Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 23 · Blanding, UTUpon request from his CFI the student pilot was performing a simulated soft fld takeoff. The student failed to extend the flaps to the recommended 15 degrees and the CFI elected to allow the takeoff to continue flaps up for training purposes. As the acft…Jun 9, 1984 · N2346J · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA169Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182P · Junction, UTThe pilot inadvertently landed on a closed section of highway which he mistook for a dirt runway. The highway surface was narrow and contained broken chunks of asphalt. During the landing roll, the left main gear contacted a 1 ft x 1 ft rock. The acft then…Jun 2, 1984 · N661SR · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84FA166Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech BB-55 · Duchesne, UTAcft collided with a mountain at an elevation of 12,000 ft MSL. Wx at roosevelt, UT, 42 NM se of the accident site at 2030 MDT was estimated 7,000 ft bkn, 25,000 ft bkn, 40 miles visibility, 70 deg f, with cumulus nimbus clouds NE and se. Radar summary charts…May 31, 1984 · N6757Z · DestroyedNTSB DEN84IA163Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-200 · Salt Lake City, UTFlt 428 landed on rwy 16R which was closed for construction. The closure info was contained in a NOTAM which was announced in ATIS info oscar. The flt crew reported they had obtained oscar. The flt was cleared to land on rwy 16L but instead landed on rwy 16R.…May 26, 1984 · N8830E · No damageNTSB DEN84LA156Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-140 · Bountiful, UTThe aircraft was on short final during instructional landing practice. A truck loaded with a backhoe was crossing the end of the runway from left to right on a public access road which displayed no caution or warning signs regarding aircraft operations.…May 24, 1984 · N7386J · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA140Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech F35 · Moab, UTDuring takeoff, the eng lost power at about 100 ft AGL. The plt decided to land the acft back on the rwy to avoid rough terrain beyond the end. The acft was landed with the gear up. During an investigation, fuel was found in the main tanks & the right…Apr 30, 1984 · N3366C · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84FU003Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportAmerican Falcon · Salt Lake City, UTReportedly, the plt made an apch to rwy 18, then initiated a go-around due to traffic on the rwy. He reported that traffic to the left necessitated a right pattern. There were power lines located aprx 500 ft west of the grass strip, about 40 to 50 ft AGL.…Apr 14, 1984 · UNREG · DestroyedNTSB DEN84LA127Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-140 · Monticello, UTThe pilot departed uphill with a tailwind at near gross weight with a high density altitude. The flight was late gettingstarted & an excessive magneto drop was attributed to a fouled plug. The pilot also stated that he was under mental stress. The acft lifted…Apr 13, 1984 · N4FN · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-236 · Ogden, UTThe plt got out of the acft to check the starter solenoid by turning the propeller. He left the mags on and the brakes off. When the prop was turned the acft started and collided with a parked acft.Apr 7, 1984 · N2940T · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA112Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 175 · Ogden, UTAfter takeoff, the eng began to smoke & lose power. During a forced landing in a muddy plowed field, the acft nosed over. A compression check was accomplished & the #5 cylinder was found to have zero compression. The cylinder was removed & found to be cracked…Mar 29, 1984 · N7270M · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA110Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHiller FH 1100 · Provo, UTThe acft was landed in soggy terrain and the right skid sank into the surface. One of the occupants of the helicopter deplaned to'lighten the load'and the plt overcorrected in an attempt to takeoff. The acrt rolled over onto its left side.Mar 16, 1984 · N5042F · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA105Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCallair A · Tremonton, UTThe acft collided with a snow covered field while the plt was applying carbon black and fertilizer to induce snow melt. The overcast sky'gave a white-out effect on depth perception'. The collision with a rise in the field tore off the landing gear and the…Mar 6, 1984 · N8260H · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84FTM01Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportKeith A Smith KR-2 · Salt Lake City, UTThe acft collided with a mountain ridge in a flat'pancake'attitude,no evidence of foward motion was apparent and all thewreckage was confined to the immediate area. The wooden prop was intact with the exception of 2 inches missing from the end of one blade,…Feb 26, 1984 · N54KS · DestroyedNTSB DEN84FA102Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBell 206B-III · Coalville, UTThe helicopter was equipped with 'bear paws'. Snowshoe-like devices on the skids to distribute weight on soft surfaces. The bear paws on this acft rotated freely around the skids, not tightened down as per design spec. Also, bear paws are not approved for…Feb 25, 1984 · N16803 · DestroyedNTSB DEN84LA098Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 185C · Spanish Fork, UTThe acft nosed over during a forced landing in snow after the engine quit. The plt said that he ran out of fuel. The pltsaid he departed on the 90 mile x-country with about 15 gallons of fuel aboard the acft. The acft was landed just short of the destination…Feb 23, 1984 · N2691Z · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA092Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T-210 · Duchesne, UTThe acft departed the side of the rwy during the landing roll. The plt stated that he could no determine where the center of the rwy was due to about 2 inches of fresh snow. The rt landing gear collapsed & the nose gear failed.Feb 17, 1984 · N6479N · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA079Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 47G-3B-1 · Ogden, UTThe plt took off from a mountainous work site to return to salt lake city, UT. The wx was clear at the work site (elevation 6700 ft), but there was fog below. After encountering the fog, the plt hovered with a slow forward speed over snow covered terrain. A…Jan 31, 1984 · N90769 · Substantial damage