35.9524° N, 112.1470° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 1, 1992 · 19:42 local
Place
Grand Canyon, AZ
Airport
Grand Canyon National Park
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RNVA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N82LA
Reported as
Cessna 402C
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,750 total1,000 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On takeoff roll struck elk. Aborted and returned to ramp. Tower was closed.
As the FAA filed it
ON TAKEOFF ROLL STRUCK ELK. ABORTED AND RETURNED TO RAMP. TOWER WAS CLOSED.