ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166053
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 May 2014 |
| Time: | 08:55 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Above View Jet Center |
| Registration: | N8236F |
| MSN: | 15064336 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8993 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3nm west of Santa Clara, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Saint George, UT (SGU) |
| Saint George, UT (SGU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness reported that he observed the airplane at an altitude of between 800 to 1,000 ft above ground level about 2 miles from his location. About the same time, he also heard the airplane’s engine sputter, and he then observed the airplane in a vertical, nose-down attitude for 3 to 4 seconds before it went out of sight behind a hill. The wreckage was found about 2 hours later in remote mountainous, rocky terrain. An on-site examination of the airframe and engine revealed that the airplane impacted the terrain upright in a flat orientation on a 27-degree downslope. Based on observed impact signatures, the airplane’s forward momentum was negligible just before it impacted terrain. All of the components necessary for flight were accounted for at the accident site. Additionally, examinations of the airframe and engine revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Based on the witness’s observations and the physical evidence observed at the accident site, it is likely that the airplane was in a steep descent at a low altitude and that the flight instructor failed to pull the airplane up and out of the nose-down attitude at a sufficient altitude to preclude impact with terrain.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s failure to arrest the airplane’s descent and maintain clearance from mountainous terrain while maneuvering at a low altitude.
Accident investigation:
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1st photo of plane crash near Santa Clara. FAA says plane registered to St. George company w/ 2 passengers @KUTV2News pic.twitter.com/7kQ63bQfqo
— Ladd Egan (@laddegan) May 7, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2014 18:59 | harro | Added |
| 07-May-2014 19:27 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Embed code] |
| 07-May-2014 19:41 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2014 04:13 | fliteshare | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 17-May-2014 01:17 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 14:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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