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Cessna 172D N2579U

10 June 2007 · Halls Crossing, Utah, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 June 2007 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 172D registered N2579U was involved in an accident near Halls Crossing, Utah, United States. 4 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 13:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Halls Crossing, Utah, United States
Coordinates
37.3250, -110.5417
Aircraft
Cessna 172D
Registration
N2579U
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bluff → Halls Crossing
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA07CA168

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to select suitable terrain for landing. A contributing factor was the rough/uneven terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that he was landing on a dirt road, which is utilized as a backcountry strip. He said he was landing with a tailwind, and landed long and with too high of an airspeed. He said the road turned, and the airplane departed the road and encountered rough terrain. Subsequently the nose wheel bent aft, the left wing was bent aft, and the top of the left wing was wrinkled.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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