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Cessna 172P N65710

8 January 2000 · Huntsville, Utah, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 January 2000 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N65710 was involved in an accident near Huntsville, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 19:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Huntsville, Utah, United States
Coordinates
41.2793, -111.6908
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N65710
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Heber City Muni → Logan
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
IMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN00LA041

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The snow shower, and the lack of suitable terrain for the precautionary landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and his student were flying in the mountains when a snow storm was encountered. The instructor decided to make a precautionary landing because flight conditions were deteriorating to IMC. While landing on the icy road, the airplane slid off into a ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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