Cessna 210 accident near Henefer, UT
On September 4, 2019, a Cessna 210 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Henefer, UT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 4, 2019
- Place
- Henefer, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.015°N, 111.581°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190905X13813
Official records · WPR19FA250
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 4, 2019, about 1521 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210L airplane, N94262, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Henefer, Utah. The two commercial pilots were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial observation flight. The operator reported that the pilot was giving a pipeline patrol orientation flight to a new-hire pilot. According to the operator, the pilot was familiar with the area of the accident site and had routinely flown there to conduct aerial pipeline inspections. When the pilots did not return as planned, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Alert Notice (ALNOT) was issued, and the wreckage was located the following morning in a mountain canyon about 5 miles west of Henefer, Utah. Company-provided flight tracking data (Spidertracks) indicated that the airplane departed from Evanston-Utica County Airport (EVW), Evanston, Wyoming, about 1455 and proceeded roughly southwest, flying much of the flight over a valley at or near the altitude of surrounding terrain. The airplane turned west, then southeast into a canyon. At 1521, the last recorded data point indicated that the altitude was 6,208 ft mean sea level (msl), the direction of flight was 122°, and the airspeed was 126 mph. An onboard GPS unit also contained data from the accident flight, which closely matched the Spidertracks data; however, the GPS data showed a 135° left turn near the end of the data that was not recorded by Spidertracks. The last recorded GPS point was at 1521:14, and sh
Probable cause
The pilots’ decision to enter a canyon at low altitude, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain while attempting to exit the canyon.
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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.
