# Accident 19760702019239A: Cessna U206, Palms, CA, July 2, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1976
- Place: Palms, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.0228° N, 118.4056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palms, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0228&lon=-118.4056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5289U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5289U-2013-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUG60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760702019239A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LND ON DRY LAKE BED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX76DUG60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG60), Jul 2, 1976: Cessna U206 (N5289U), Palms, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5289U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810715046342A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810715046342A), Jul 15, 1981: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5289U), Naknek, AK, Destroyed. Was struck by low flying camera airplane while climbing from takeoff. Camera aircraft 180 N2827A made abrupt turn.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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