# Accident 19881009046149A: Cessna U206G, Rutland, VT, October 9, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1988, 09:30 local time
- Place: Rutland, VT
- Airport: Rutland State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6097° N, 72.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rutland, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6097&lon=-72.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9431R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9431R-1990-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 550 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881009046149A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AND CRASHED INTO TREES WHILE TURING SHORT STEEP FINAL. HAD MADE IFR APPROACH THROUGH CLOUDS.ICE ON AIRFRAME

## 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 NYC89LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA009), Oct 9, 1988: Cessna U206G (N9431R), Rutland, VT, destroyed

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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