# Accident 19890701021869A: Cessna U206G, Pettigrew, AR, July 1, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1989, 07:15 local time
- Place: Pettigrew, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8191° N, 93.5910° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8191&lon=-93.5910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5304U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5304U-1990-07-26) (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
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC89FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890701021869A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED INTO KNOWN IMC LOST CONTROL 15 MINUTES LATER CRASHED VERTICALLY IN WOODED AREA AND BURNED. VFR NOT ADVISED

## 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 MKC89FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA159), Jul 1, 1989: Cessna U206 (N5304U), Pettigrew, AR, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, HIS VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED THE ACCIDENT…

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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