The NTSB accident record lists one person aboard and one fatality in the June 24, 2026 crash; the cause has not been determined.
By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:58 a.m. ET
One person was killed when a crashed near Willard, Utah, on June 24, 2026, at about 4:47 a.m. local time, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The record lists one person aboard and one fatality, and lists the aircraft as destroyed. The event is developing and the NTSB investigation is open; the cause has not been determined.
The accident record identifies the aircraft as a , registration , the operator as , and classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight. Aircraft registry records list as a Cessna 172S single-engine piston landplane with a Lycoming IO-360-L2A engine, serial number 172S10387, built in 2006 and 20 years old at the time of the crash. The registry lists the registered owner as CSA Aircraft Leasing LLC; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
FAA aircraft registration records, as published by FlightAware, show CSA Aircraft Leasing LLC at a Salt Lake City, Utah address as the registered owner of other light single-engine aeroplanes, including N191CA, N103KF and N6869T. Company-data aggregator OpenCorporates lists a Utah entity, "CSA Aircraft Leasing, L.L.C.", with a registration date of 9 August 2011. No company website or further regulator filing was located in the sources reviewed, and no operating activity by the entity itself could be established. This is background on the owner of record and says nothing about this accident.
As a matter of record, NTSB files list one other case involving the same owner or operator: a Piper PA-34-220T, N134MG, at Roy, Utah, on 24 July 2024 (WPR24LA254). The same airframe appears in two earlier NTSB cases, at Frederick, Maryland, on 17 June 2012 and 25 August 2010. The NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 246 other cases involving the Cessna 172S, of which 28 involved a fatality. None of this bears on the cause of this accident.
Weather observations recorded at Brigham City Regional Airport (KBMC), 10 miles away and eight minutes from the reported time, showed wind from 40 degrees at 5 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies and 61°F. Geographic reference data places Willard in Box Elder County, Utah, at a terrain elevation of 4,334 feet for the settlement itself, about 2.5 miles north-northwest of Hinrichsen Field (16UT) and 10 miles north of Brigham City Regional Airport.
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Registration
N387AF
Type
Cessna 172S — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
Built
2006-01-01 (20 years old)
Registered owner
Csa Aircraft Leasing LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Corrected the geographic reference bearings between Willard and the nearby aerodromes and clarified that the 4,334 ft elevation is that of the settlement, not the accident site.
Version 15 Aug 2026, 15:31
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