Cessna 172 N64005

Summary

On 22 December 1985 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N64005 was involved in an accident near Brigham City, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 December 1985 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brigham City, Utah, United States

Coordinates

41.5109, -112.0397

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N64005

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Malad → Ogden

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DEN86LTM01

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CONTACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN DURING A DESCENT THROUGH FOG. THE PLT STATED THAT ON THE RETURN FLT FROM MALAD, ID, HE BEGAN FOLLOWING A MOUNTAIN RANGE WHICH HE BELIEVED WOULD TAKE HIM BACK TO OGDEN. HOWEVER, THE RANGE GUIDED HIM SOUTHWEST OF THE DESIRED COURSE. THE PLT THEN BEGAN A DESCENT INTO THE FOG OVER WHAT HE THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WILLARD BAY, AN OPEN VALLEY, BUT IN REALITY HE WAS IN THE PROMONTORY MOUNTAINS. AT AN ALT OF APRX 5000 FT MSL THE PASSENGER SAW BRUSH BENEATH THE ACFT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN OCCURRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.