# Accident 19870620058999A: Cessna TU206C, South Lake Taho, CA, June 20, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1987, 13:05 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9078° N, 119.9902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9078&lon=-119.9902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1177T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1177T-1989-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206C (registry code 2073334, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 771 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870620058999A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED TO ABORT A DOWNWIND TAKEOFF. CHANGED HIS MIND AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. STRUCK TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX87LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA241), Jun 20, 1987: Cessna TU206C (N1177T), S. Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1177T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800320034149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800320034149I), Mar 20, 1980: Cessna TU206C (N1177T), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Gust of wind lifted right wing causing right wing-tip to scratch runway and damage propeller.

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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