Stinson 108-2 N8004K

Summary

On 16 January 1993 at about 18:29 local time, a Stinson 108-2 registered N8004K, operated by Thurston, Curtis L., was involved in an accident near Fruit Heights, Utah, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 January 1993 at 18:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Fruit Heights, Utah, United States

Coordinates

41.0202, -111.9198

Aircraft

Stinson 108-2

Registration

N8004K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Thurston, Curtis L.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bountiful → Ogden

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA93LA054

1 person died.

VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS WAS ATTEMPTED BY THE PILOT. FACTORS INCLUDE RAIN, SNOW, AND FOG.

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THE PILOT DEPARTED AND HEADED NORTH TOWARD OGDEN, UTAH IN DETERIORATING METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. HE LATER REQUESTED VECTORS INTO SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT, THEN OGDEN, BEFORE DECLARING THAT HE WAS IN IMC CONDITIONS AND REQUESTING A HEADING AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A STEEP MOUNTAINOUS SLOPE WHILE MANEUVERING. LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS OBSERVED RAIN, SNOW, AND FOG, AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.