Textron Aviation Inc 172S accident near Eden, UT
On May 29, 2021, a Textron Aviation Inc 172S (airplane) was involved in an accident near Eden, UT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 29, 2021
- Place
- Eden, UT
- Aircraft
- Textron Aviation Inc 172S · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.361°N, 111.760°W
- NTSB ID
- 20210529103166
Official records · WPR21FA211
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn May 29, 2021, about 1000 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172S airplane, N1727T, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Eden, Utah. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to the airplane operator, ATP Flight School (ATP), the accident flight was an introductory training flight designed to assess the student pilot’s skill level. Federal Aviation Administration automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data showed that the flight departed ATP’s local base at Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD), Ogden, Utah, about 0941 and immediately turned onto an easterly heading. The ADS-B data ceased 5 miles east of the departure airport about 0946, when the airplane entered Ogden Canyon at an altitude of 6,600 ft mean sea level (msl), which was about 1,000 ft above ground level (agl). The airplane was subsequently tracked by radar 9 miles east of OGD starting about 0949. The airplane flew south and then turned northwest while maintaining an altitude of about 2,000 ft agl. About 0955, the airplane turned to the northeast into a canyon where it began a climb over rising terrain. The last ADS-B targets showed that the airplane maintained an altitude of about 7,550 ft msl (1,000 ft agl), as shown in figure 1. At that altitude, the airplane would have been below ridgelines on both sides of its flightpath, as shown in figure 2. The ADS-B track data ceased at 0956:40. Figure 1. Flight track of accident airplane. Figure 2. Canyon
Probable cause
The flight instructor’s improper aeronautical decision-making, which led to an encounter with a downdraft at a low altitude in mountainous terrain and resulted in the instructor’s loss of airplane control and an impact with terrain.
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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.
