Cessna 180K accident near Garden City, UT
On August 9, 2008, a Cessna 180K (airplane) was involved in an accident near Garden City, UT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 9, 2008
- Place
- Garden City, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180K · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.936°N, 111.388°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080812X01231
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 9, 2008, at 0907 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 180K, N63217, impacted a beach in Garden City, Utah. The pilot, who was also the registered owner of the airplane, was operating it under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The commercial pilot and one passenger were killed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed from Yellowstone Airport (WYS), West Yellowstone, Montana, and was destined for Bear Lake County Airport (1U7), Paris, Idaho. At the time of the accident, Garden City was hosting Raspberry Days, an annual town festival. According to a witness who was also a friend of the pilot, the pilot and passenger had recently attended a family reunion in South Carolina and were going to spend a night in Garden City before returning home. The pilot was eventually planning on returning to his home airport of Crest Airpark (S36), Kent, Washington, which has an elevation of 472 feet. The witness reported that the pilot flew near the witness's cabin, to signal that he was in the area and would need to be picked up at the Paris airport. The witness provided a written statement and indicated that the pilot flew over the beach at 500 feet above ground level. He made a pass from east to west, with approximately 15 degrees of flaps extended. He then circled back and came over west to east. He then turned slightly south and then circled to the north and started toward Paris. The airplane began to climb and then stalled, with the left wing drop
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which led to an aerodynamic stall/spin.
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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.
