Cessna 140A N5301C

Summary

On 11 August 1983 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 140A registered N5301C was involved in an accident near Sevier, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 August 1983 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Sevier, Utah, United States

Coordinates

38.5797, -112.3197

Aircraft

Cessna 140A

Registration

N5301C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rock Springs → Page

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DEN83FA203

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE FLT WAS RETURNING TO SAN JOSE,CA AFTER AN EXTENDED X-COUNTRY FLT TO OSHKOSH,WI WHICH BEGAN IN THE LATTER PART OF JULY. EARLIER ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, AT 0645, THE PLT RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING AT MILES CITY,MT. HE REQUESTED THE GENERAL OUTLOOK TO THE GRAND CANYON & ARIZONA AREA & WAS TOLD OF LARGE BUILDUPS IN WESTERN AZ & NV, FORECAST TO MOVE NE.THE PLT DEPARTED AT 0712 & MADE ENROUTE STOPS AT RIVERTON,WY & ROCK SPRINGS,WY. AT 1845, OVER VERNAL,UT, THE PLT REQUESTED A WX UPDATE. THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED A MOUNTAIN AT THE 8,700 FT LEVEL. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.093%. THE PLT WAS NOT A CFI BUT HAD GIVEN THE STUDENT PLT 29 HRS OF DUAL. HIS LOGBOOK SHOWED THAT HE HAD ALSO GIVEN FLT INSTRUCTION TO OTHER STUDENT PLTS. ON 1/5/83 THE PLT'S DRIVERS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. HIS BAC WAS REPORTEDLY 0.093%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.