# Accident 19840714040929A: Cessna TU206C, Catalina, AZ, July 14, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1984, 19:45 local time
- Place: Catalina, AZ
- Airport: Brave Bulls
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4848° N, 110.8997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Catalina, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4848&lon=-110.8997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3971G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3971G-2004-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206C (registry code 2073334, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,325 total, 103 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA427) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840714040929A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ON ROUGH STRIP NOSE WHEEL CAUGHT IN DEEP RUTS CAUSING FAILURE OF FIREWALL WHERE NOSE WHEEL ATTACHES.

## 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 LAX84LA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA427), Jul 15, 1984: Cessna TU206C (N3971G), Catalina, AZ, substantial damage

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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