# Accident 19850528024859A: Cessna TU206E, San Manuel, AZ, May 28, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1985, 19:30 local time
- Place: San Manuel, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6194° N, 110.5900° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6194&lon=-110.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1475M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1475M-2014-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206E (registry code 2073352, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206E
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,775 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850528024859A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SAGUARO CACTUS WITH LEFT WING WHILE AIR DROPPING ILLEGAL DRUGS.

## 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 LAX85FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA262), May 29, 1985: Cessna TU-206E (N1475M), San Manuel, AZ, 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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