Cessna 152 N67880

Summary

On 7 April 1987 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N67880 was involved in an accident near Milford, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 April 1987 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Milford, Utah, United States

Coordinates

38.3801, -112.9302

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N67880

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → St. George

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA088

Nobody was 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

N67880 EXPERIENCED VOR RECEIVER FAILURE DURING A FLT FROM OGDEN, UT TO ST. GEORGE, UT. THE PLT DIVERTED TO MILFORD, UT AND ANOTHER PLT CHECKED THE RECEIVER WHICH FUNCTIONED ON THE GROUND. THE FLT THEN DEPARTED MILFORD EN ROUTE TO ST. GEORGE. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE RECEIVER AGAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND THE PLT CONTINUED THE FLT NAVIGATING BY VISUAL REFERENCE TO THE TERRAIN. ABOUT 45 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT BECAME LOST AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO MILFORD; HOWEVER, FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED ABOUT 25 NM FROM MILFORD AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING THE FORCED LANDING ON A COUNTRY ROAD. THE PLT SAID SHE THOUGHT THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH LONG RANGE TANKS AND THEREFORE, DID NOT REFUEL DURING THE STOP AT MILFORD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.