| Crash location | 37.325000°N, 110.541666°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Halls Crossing, UT
37.456936°N, 110.712920°W 13.1 miles away |
| Tail number | N2579U |
|---|---|
| Accident date | 10 Jun 2007 |
| Aircraft type | Cessna 172D |
| Additional details: | None |
The pilot said that he was landing on a dirt road, which is utilized as a backcountry strip. He said he was landing with a tailwind, and landed long and with too high of an airspeed. He said the road turned, and the airplane departed the road and encountered rough terrain. Subsequently the nose wheel bent aft, the left wing was bent aft, and the top of the left wing was wrinkled.
The pilot's failure to select suitable terrain for landing. A contributing factor was the rough/uneven terrain.