Cessna 182H accident near Bountiful, UT
On August 16, 2021, a Cessna 182H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bountiful, UT. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 16, 2021
- Place
- Bountiful, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182H · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.929°N, 111.806°W
- NTSB ID
- 20210816103703
Official records · WPR21FA321
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 15, 2021, about 1847 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182H, N8477S, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Bountiful, Utah. Two pilots and one passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to friends of the occupants, the airplane owner planned to take the other pilot and passenger on a local tour flight, in celebration of their 1-year wedding anniversary. The planned route could not be determined; however, friends and family members stated that they planned to fly past the temple where they were married. Skypark Airport is at an elevation of 4,237 ft mean sea level (msl) and located within the northern confines of the Salt Lake Valley between the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Mountain Range. Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) data indicated that the airplane departed at 1841 and, after reaching the end of runway 35, began a climbing right turn to the northeast toward the foothills of the Sessions Mountains. For the next 3 minutes, the airplane continued to climb at a rate of about 700 ft per minute (fpm) and a ground speed of 90 knots until it reached the entrance of a canyon located about 4.5 miles northeast of the departure airport and 2 miles north of the temple (see figure 1). Figure 1 – ADS-B track of the airplane entering the canyon at 1844:43. The shaded area depicts terrain below the airplanes altitude. For the first minute as the climb continued, the airplane remained about level with the tops of the canyon walls. Th
Probable cause
The decision of both pilots to fly into a steep canyon, which resulted in the airplane being unable to maintain a sufficient altitude to clear rising terrain. Contributing to the accident was their delayed initial action in responding to the hazard, and their failure to recognize the danger due to mountain obscuration caused by thick haze and smoke.
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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.
