# Accident 19880202002669A: Cessna U206F, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, February 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1988, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu Cit, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4839° N, 114.3225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Havasu City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4839&lon=-114.3225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60566, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60566-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 878 total, 822 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880202002669A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAINSIDE IN LEVEL FLIGHT. NO RECORD OF WEATHER BRIEFING. HIGHEST TERRAIN IN 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 LAX88FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA101), Feb 2, 1988: Cessna U206F (N60566), Lk Havasu City, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT'S DECISION TO CONTINUE FLIGHT IN FORECAST MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO OBTAIN AN AVIATION WEATHER BRIEFING AND…

## Other reports on N60566 (1)

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

- [Accident 19771128040849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771128040849A), Nov 28, 1977: Cessna U206F (N60566), Camp Verde, AZ, Destroyed. No remarks

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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