Cessna 320 accident near Eagle Mountain, UT
On June 28, 2018, a Cessna 320 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Eagle Mountain, UT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 28, 2018
- Place
- Eagle Mountain, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 320 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.219°N, 111.930°W
- NTSB ID
- 20180629X91445
Official records · WPR18FA186
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On June 28, 2018, about 1054 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 320D, airplane, N320MF, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Eagle Mountain, Utah. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial photography flight. The pilot was scheduled to perform aerial photography over level terrain located west of Lake Mountain. (See figure 1.) The elevation of the survey area was about 4,840 ft mean sea level (msl); Lake Mountain rises in elevation to about 7,600 ft. The pilot was to complete three photo runs before landing at Provo Municipal Airport (PVU), Provo, Utah for fuel. The planned altitude of the flight while conducting the photography was 7,255 ft msl. The route the photo runs are flown was determined by the pilot. Figure 1-Flight data and highlighted photograph area. The flight data showed the airplane at an altitude of 7,325 ft msl as it traveled east, then south along the west side of Lake Mountain, entering the first of three planned photo runs. The first run was about 5 miles long. After exiting the first run, the airplane departed the area to the southwest, then continued the right turn until reaching an easterly heading. The second run was entered from the west and was about 2 miles long, ending near the foothills of Lake Mountain. The pilot conducted the second run with a groundspeed between 169 and 194 knots at an altitude of 7,325 ft msl. Following the second run, the airplane reached the foothills of Lake Mountain and turned right to a southeasterly heading. The th
Probable cause
The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and the airplane experiencing an aerodynamic stall at too low an altitude to recover.
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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.
