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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 206CESSNA · Delta Junction, AK · February 20, 1986

Date
February 20, 1986 · 15:30 local
Place
Delta Junction, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N116ME
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC86LA030
Reported as
Cessna 206CESSNA
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,242 total227 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck telephone guide wire while maneuvering at low altitude. Wire cut through vertical stabilizer. Impacted ground

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TELEPHONE GUIDE WIRE WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE.WIRE CUT THROUGH VERTICAL STABILIZER. IMPACTED GROUND

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.