DEN86LA195

1986-07-12 · CEDAR CITY, Utah, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport CDC

Aircraft involved

N3030T Cessna 320C None

Factual narrative

THE PLT SAID THAT WHILE ON DOWNWIND DURING HIS APCH TO LAND, HE ADVANCED THE MIXTURES TO FULL RICH AND RETARDED THE THROTTLES. ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED, HE DISCOVERED THE RIGHT ENG WAS NOT RUNNING AND THE LEFT ENG WOULD NOT RESPOND NORMALLY. HE ELECTED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY AND PUT THE ACFT DOWN ON LEVEL TERRAIN. POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE RIGHT ENG DISCLOSED EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN OPERATED WITH AN EXCESSIVELY RICH MIXTURE. DENSITY ALT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 9,819 FT MSL. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_DEN86LA195.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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