Sky Park Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Bountiful, Utah 84010
Friday, March 8, 1985 18:15 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

ON MARCH 8, 1985, A CESSNA 210, OPERATED BY THE PILOT, LOST ENGINE POWER AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED HURRICANE, UTAH AND THE DESTINATION WAS BOUNTIFUL SKYPARK APRT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING FERRIED TO THE AIRPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED 1/4. THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AND NO FUEL FOUND. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RUN AND OPERATED IN A NORMAL MANNER. A PLACARD IN THE AIRPLANE STATES THAT TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ARE NOT TO BE PERFORMED WITH 1/4 TANK OR LESS. THE PLT DID NOT FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT AND AS A RESULT SOME OF THE DATA FIELDS ARE UNFILLED IN THIS COMPILATION OF KNOWN DATA.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/8/1985
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1815
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City BOUNTIFUL
Event State UTAH
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 84010
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport SKY PARK AIRPORT
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 4234
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1752 Mountain Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 190
Weather Observation Facility ID SLC
Elevation of weather observation facility 4000
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 10
Time Zone of the weather observation MST
Lighting Conditions Dusk
Lowest Ceiling Height 20000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 16000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 6
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 2
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -2
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 360
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 4500
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 168
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Mar 10 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 900
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 27370
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N7409E
NTSB Number DEN85LA090
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 210
Aircraft Series Identifier 210
Aircraft Serial Number
Certified Max Gross Weight 3400
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name WARREN ROGERS
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City SPRINGDALE
Aircraft Owner State UT
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code
Departure City HURRICANE
Departure State UT
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code BTF
Destination City BOUNTIFUL
Destination State UT
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 35
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --