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On Friday afternoon a Cessna A185F Skywagon broke through the ice at Pineview Reservoir near Ogden, Utah, with the pilot and passenger safely escaping the plane before it became partially submerged in the freezing water. The plane reportedly crashed while performing touch-and-go maneuvers but it is unknown if the plane landed on the ice intentionally or performed an emergency landing.
Weber Fire District said multiple calls reported the plane landing on the ice, where the two occupants exited the plane before it started to sink into the icy waters. The plane went down at about 12:30 p.m. and the Weber County Sheriff's Office reported arriving with other emergency crews shortly before 1:00 p.m. The two occupants were uninjured but treated for cold exposure and emergency crews began work to extract the plane from the ice. Officials said the FAA and Department of Forest Service are investigating the incident.
Locals in Farmington told KSL News Radio 102.7 FM that they noticed the Cessna flying low over their homes before the crash.
"It sounded like an airplane almost hit our house," Farmington City resident Parker Vaughn told KSL. "Within minutes, people started going like, ‘yeah I heard it too.'"
Flight Aware reports that the plane left Ogden-Hinckley (OGD) at 10:53 a.m. and arrived at Salt Lake City International (SLC) at 11:12 a.m. before taking off again at 11:49 a.m. and flying over the Farmington neighborhood. The plane then crashed into the ice while performing touch-and-go landings. One resident told The Salt Lake Tribune that he saw the plane flying overhead at about 12:15 p.m. and it appeared to have skids on the front gear, but he did not see it land.
Video captured by KUTV Huntsville, Utah shows the plane being lifted out of the icy water with a helicopter one day after the crash occurred. The two sole occupants walked away without injury and the cause of the incident has not yet been determined.