# NTSB Accident WPR12FA184
> **CESSNA A185F** · 2012-04-25 · Blanding, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR12FA184
- **Event ID:** 20120426X74830
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-04-25
- **Location:** Blanding, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.811943, -110.06639
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** A185F
- **Registration:** N243W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during low-level maneuvering flight. Contributing to the pilot’s death was the lack of a timely emergency rescue response due to the lack of effective emergency signal transmissions from both the airplane’s emergency locator transmitter and the personal locator device, which were both ejected from the wreckage.

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