# Accident 19870220082019A: Cessna 441, Flagstaff, AZ, February 20, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1987, 18:45 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Pulliam
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EIPA
- Location: 35.1981° N, 111.6513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flagstaff, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1981&lon=-111.6513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6858S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6858S-1988-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3318
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,311 total, 24 in this make and model, 256 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870220082019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISSED VOR APPROACH DUE TO AVIONIC PROBLEMS.REPORTED NO GYRO. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED IN DENSELY WOODED AREA

## 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 LAX87FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA119), Feb 21, 1987: Cessna 441 (N6858S), Flagstaff, 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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