DEN85FA035

1984-12-01 · PROVO, Utah, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PVU

Aircraft involved

N8580S Cessna 182H Fatal

Factual narrative

THE LEFT SEAT NON-INSTRUMENT PVT PLT WAS BEING CHECKED OUT IN THE FLYING CLUB ACFT BY A COMM PLT. THE ACFT WAS BEING FLOWN OVER UTAH LAKE ON A DARK NIGHT, ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31 AT THE PVU ARPT. WHILE ON FINAL, THE FLYING PLT MANUEVERED THE ACFT FOR SPACING FROM A SECOND ACFT. A WITNESS SAW TWO ACFT OVER THE LAKE. ONE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING TOWARDS THE AIRPORT WHEN IT WENT STRAIGHT DOWN. POST ACCIDENT EXAM REVEALED ACFT CONTACTED THE WATER IN A LEFT WING, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. THE SURROUNDING TERRAIN TO THE NORTHWEST WEST AND SOUTH PROVIDE NO SIGNIFICANT LIGHTING THAT COULD BE USED FOR VISUAL HORIZON REFERENCE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_DEN85FA035.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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