Cessna 172 accident near Willard, UT
On June 24, 2026, a Cessna 172 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Willard, UT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 24, 2026
- Place
- Willard, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.372°N, 111.970°W
- NTSB ID
- 20260624203237
NTSB summary
On June 23, 2026, at about 2247 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N387AF, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Willard, Utah. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The instrument-rated private pilot was conducting a solo night cross-country flight as part of a commercial flight training program. The pilot and his instructor had conducted a dual night cross-country flight following a similar route as the accident flight about 12 days prior. On the evening of the accident flight, a flight instructor reviewed the pilot’s plan and dispatched the airplane. He observed the pilot using Foreflight electronic flight bag (EFB) software to plan his route and obtain an online briefing for the visual flight rules (VFR) solo night cross-country flight from Salt Lake City, Utah (SLC) to Idaho Falls, Idaho (IDA). According to the route the pilot entered in Foreflight, he planned to depart SLC and perform a climbing left turn to an enroute altitude of 8,500 ft mean sea level (msl). The pilot planned to use the Mountain Road VFR transition northbound through SLC Class B airspace, as indicated on the Salt Lake City Terminal Area Chart. The transition procedure required a clearance from air traffic control (ATC) and specified navigating between several charted VFR waypoints over the eastern edge of the city, and along the west edge of the mountain range. Upon completion of the transition, the pilot’s planned route included a left turn to the northwest from the Ogden Canyon VFR waypoint
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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.
