Cessna 152 N89186

Summary

On 10 August 1999 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89186 was involved in an accident near Salt Lake City, 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

10 August 1999 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Coordinates

40.8094, -111.9406

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N89186

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bountiful → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN99LA141

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 pilot had been cleared to enter the class B airspace surrounding the Salt Lake City International Airport, and was southbound over Interstate Highway 15 at 5,500 feet mean sea level. When he was about 3 miles northeast of the airport, he noticed an eagle soaring at his altitude and at his 1 o'clock position. As the eagle drew closer, the pilot made an evasive turn to the left, but the eagle struck the right wing about 18 inches inboard of the wing tip. The airplane landed on runway 32 without further incident. Postaccident inspection by an FAA airworthiness inspector disclosed wing spar damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.