Skip to content

DEN73DTM25

1973-04-01 · HANKSVILLE, Utah, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N9478S

Make / Model
BEECH V35
Year of manufacture
1966 · 7 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660404
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD2AAA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH V35-TC · N9478S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
BULLFROG BASIN
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
350° / 20 kt
Temp
40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000D-8057
Total time
1,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
380
Age
35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BOTH WINGS BUCKLED AND L WING TIP DMGD.

Investigator remarks

ACFT RAN OFF NARROW RWY TO THE R INTO SOFT SAND.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 80/B/BF B
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0874. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0874.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.