# Accident 19830625026949A: Cessna U206G, Cortez, CO, June 25, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1983, 10:15 local time
- Place: Cortez, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.3498° N, 108.5761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cortez, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3498&lon=-108.5761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5413X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5413X-1984-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 882 total, 76 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN83FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830625026949A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO FOG SHROUDED RISING TERRAIN TRYING TO MAINTAIN GROUND CONTACT. IFR RATED BUT NOT ALLOWED UNDER PART 135.

## 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 DEN83FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA152), Jun 25, 1983: Cessna U206 (N5413X), Cortez, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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