Cessna T337G accident near Milford, UT
On October 3, 1994, a Cessna T337G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Milford, UT. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 3, 1994
- Place
- Milford, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna T337G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.380°N, 112.931°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X02425
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 3, 1994, at 1340 mountain daylight time, a Cessna T337G, N531J, was destroyed following a loss of control near Milford, Utah. The instrument rated commercial pilot and his two passengers, one of which was a rated pilot, were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the site. A weather briefing was received and an instrument flight plan was air-filed for the personal flight. According to friends of the pilot, the airplane departed the Lincoln Municipal Airport (051) at 1228 on a flight to the Green River Municipal Airport (U34), Green River, Utah. According to air traffic control (ATC), the airplane was in cruise flight at FL190, when the pilot advised ATC that he was picking up ice. Salt Lake City Center issued the pilot a clearance to maintain a block altitude of FL190 to FL210. Approximately 30 seconds later the pilot transmitted "lost control, going down." A rancher on horseback near the accident site reported hearing the sound of the airplane as it descended above him in the clouds, and later observed the airplane coming out of the overcast and impacting close to his location in a nearly inverted attitude. AIRCRAFT INFORMATION The 1973 pressurized airplane was purchased in September 1993 by a private partnership which included the pilot and two other owners. Prior to departure from the Lincoln Airport, the airplane was topped off with 89.1 gallons of 100LL aviation gasoline. The aircraft was last weighed on September 24, 1993. An estimate of the weight of the airplane at the time of accident places the airplane with
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN AIRFRAME (STRUCTURAL) ICE, A LOSS OF CONTROL, AND SUBSEQUENT IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP OF THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE ICING/WEATHER CONDITION.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
