Small plane crash raises questions about Ogden Hinckley Airport's proximity to homes

ROY, Utah (KUTV) — The crash of a small airplane into a Roy man's front yard has raised questions about the number of similar incidents on or near the Ogden Hinckley Airport.

Two people inside the plane were transported to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries after the crash Wednesday.

A front door security camera captured video of the plane striking the road and swinging into the front yard, kept from the house only by a tree.

The crash was one of many over the last several years.

In a 2019 crash, the plane struck a billboard before going down on Interstate 15. The crash involved a flight instructor and another man.

The same plane was involved in a crash on I-15 in Riverdale the year before.

Four people were killed in a July 2017 crash when their plane lost power around 300 feet in the air, crashing onto I-15 . The plane had recently taken off from the Ogden Hinckley Airport.

The pilot in that crash lost his brother in a similar crash 15 years earlier - also soon after taking off from the airport.

Chaos erupted in a January 2020 crash, after the plane struck two houses in a Roy neighborhood close to the airport before coming crashing. The plane then burst into flames.

it was less than a mile from the crash into a billboard on I-15, just two months later.

“We’ve been to at least three of these in the last couple of years,” Roy Police Sgt. Matt Gwynn said at the time. “We’ve had two recently that weren’t fatal, and then this is the second one in the last couple years that has been fatal.”

History of Crashes Near Ogden Airport

August 2022 | Engine failure forces pilot to land 5 miles west of Ogden airport

A pilot landed his aircraft in a field around five miles from the Ogden-Hinckley Airport after experiencing engine trouble, according to the Weber County Sheriff's Office.

The pilot made an emergency landing in the Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area, coming to a stop next to a dirt road just west of the Weber River.

First responders found the plane, and the uninjured pilot, with the help of a drone.

September 2021 | Plane crash at Ogden airport leaves no injuries or damage to runway

A plane crashed on the runway at the Ogden Municipal Airport.

Fire crews from Ogden Airport, Ogden Fire and Roy Fire responded to the crash. Officials said an investigation by the airport is ongoing.

Deputy Chief M. Slater with the Ogden Fire Department said there were no fuel spills or fire hazards and no apparent damage to the runway.

December 2020 |Emergency crews respond to small plane crash at Ogden Airport

Firefighters responded to the scene of a small plane crash at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport.

The plane went down just north of the main runway at the airport on a patch of grass between 31st Street and the Airport Road.

A witness photo provided to 2News showed first responders appearing to extricate someone from the plane.

January 2020 | Neighborhood shocked by fatal plane crash near Ogden airport

A64-year-old pilot was killed after a small plane crashed in a Roy neighborhood, hitting two homes.

Neighbor David Guerrero grabbed his video camera and was rolling as first responders arrived to the scene where a Cessna twin-engine plane hit the homes as it crashed a few miles south of the Ogden airport.

But there was nothing neighbors could do but watch as firefighters doused the flames. When the smoke cleared, the wreckage revealed the aftermath of the violent crash.

“The houses are melted, the plane is gone; it’s in at least three sections,” neighbor Ryann Steed told KUTV.

November 2019 |Plane crashes on the shoulder of I-15 in Roy, southbound lanes reopened

A small plane crashed on the side of I-15 and 31st Street in Roy. The plane struck a billboard before going down, according to 2News reporters at the scene.

Video sent to 2News shows a small plane on the shoulder of the freeway. Two men sustained serious injury when their plane failed to gain altitude shortly after takeoff from the Ogden airport.

January 2019 | Plane crashes upside down on runway at Ogden airport

Officials in Ogden confirmed a plane crashed at the Ogden airport on Wednesday afternoon.

The plane was upside down on the runway at Ogden-Hinckley Airport, said Eric Bauman with Weber fire.

May 2018 |Plane lands on I-15 southbound in Riverdale, one car hit

A 19-year-old flight instructor landed a plane on I-15 southbound in Riverdale around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning due to mechanical issues.

The instructor was training a 30-year-old student at the time.

One car with four people inside was hit but no injuries were reported, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.

July 2017 |Plane crash victim follows brother's fatal air crash from same airport 15 years later

Layne Clarke, 48, was killed 15 years and a few days after his brother Corry Clarke, then 34, was killed after taking off from the same Ogden-Hinckley Airport, leaving their extended family members to suffer from a tragedy with striking similarities to the loss they experienced July 16, 2002.

Layne Clarke was killed along with his wife Diane, and their friends, Perry and Sarah Huffaker, when their small plane fell from the sky and struck Interstate 15 in a fireball.

In a KUTV story from 2002, Corry Clarke is said to have died while flying a gyroplane that was said to have fallen out of the sky, crashed and burst into flame.