Lciv Llc Lancair IV-P Propjet accident near Provo, UT
On June 9, 2006, a Lciv Llc Lancair IV-P Propjet (airplane) was involved in an accident near Provo, UT. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 9, 2006
- Place
- Provo, UT
- Aircraft
- Lciv Llc Lancair IV-P Propjet · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.234°N, 111.759°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060616X00749
Official records · SEA06FA116
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Excerpts from FAA ATC Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 8, 2006, approximately 2345 mountain daylight time, a Lancair IV-P Propjet, N95CE, was destroyed when it impacted the waters of Utah Lake during final approach to land on runway 13 at the Provo Municipal Airport, Provo, Utah. The amateur-built experimental airplane was manufactured by LCIV LLC of Brasstown, North Carolina, and was registered to and operated by Copia Leasing LLC of Springville, Utah. The commercial pilot and the two passengers aboard the airplane were fatally injured. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed and activated for the 14 CFR Part 91 cross-county flight from St. George, Utah to Provo. The flight departed St. George about 2253, and the pilot cancelled the IFR flight plan about 2338 when the airplane was about 10 miles south of the Provo airport. According to information provided by Lockheed Martin Flight Services, at 2224, the pilot called the Cedar City Automated Flight Service Station by telephone and obtained an abbreviated preflight pilot weather briefing for a flight from St. George to Provo. The pilot told the briefer that he "just want[ed] to know about the convective activity for northern Utah." The briefer replied stating, "I do have airmets for mountain obscurement and icing, mountain obscurement for the whole area and icing for the northern Utah area, V F R flight is not recommended, the current weather conditions, Provo is reporting wind three thirty at eighteen gusting to twenty seven, visibility one zero, few clouds at thirty eight hundred, ceili
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance during a VFR approach, which resulted in an in-flight collision with water. Contributing factors were the dark night light conditions and the low clouds.
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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.
