Cessna 172 N7121A

Summary

On 21 June 1987 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7121A, operated by Denzil K. Forsberg, was involved in an accident near Paradise, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 June 1987 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Paradise, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Forsberg Ranch

Coordinates

41.4807, -111.7700

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7121A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Denzil K. Forsberg

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montpelier → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA155

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

THE PLT DEPARTED BEAR LAKE ARPT, MONTPELIER, ID, AND FLEW TO LOGAN, UT. HE DEPARTED LOGAN AND FLEW TO HIS FATHER'S RANCH AT AVON, UT, NEAR PARADISE. A 1400-FT DIRT/GRAVEL DRIVEWAY LEADING TO THE RANCH HOUSE WAS USED AS A RWY. THE PLT SAID HE HELPED HIS FATHER INSTALL A BARBED WIRE FENCE NEAR THE RWY THRESHOLD TO KEEP CATTLE IN A PASTURE. HE SAID WHEN HE HAD LANDED AT THE RANCH ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, THE FENCE WAS NEVER UP. HE SAID THAT ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, CATTLE HAD BEEN MOVED FROM ONE PASTURE TO ANOTHER AND, UNKNOWN TO HIM, THE FENCE WAS RAISED. HE SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE FENCE WHEN HE CIRCLED THE RANCH AND ASSUMED IT WAS DOWN. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE FENCE AS IT WAS FLARED FOR LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.