# Incident 19951207040119I: Cessna TU206G, Quartzsite, AZ, December 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1995, 12:15 local time
- Place: Quartzsite, AZ
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6639° N, 114.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quartzsite, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6639&lon=-114.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756AY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756AY-2004-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951207040119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 7, 1995, AT 12:15 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA TU206, N756AY, COLLIDED WITH TREES FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A HIGH SPEED TAXI RUN AT A PRIVATE FIELD NEAR QUARTSITE, AZ. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED BY TED'S TRUCK CENTER OF QUARTSITE, AZ AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING ENGINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY ALBERT HANSEN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH GUSTING WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC, WHO HOLDS A COML. PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN EXPIRED MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, WAS THE ONLY ONE ON BOARD, AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA), ON A FORM 8020-5, AIRCRAFT INCIDENT REPORT, THE MECHANIC SAID HE WAS TESTING THE ENGINE POWER OUTPUT AND LET THE AIRCRAFT ROLL ON THE RUNWAY DUE TO THE ROCKY SURFACE CONDITION SO THAT THE PROPELLER WOULD NOT BE DAMAGED DURING THE TEST. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT WHEN THE POWER WAS REDUCED, THE GRAVEL SURFACE WOULD NOT PROVIDE EFFECTIVE BRAKING, AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT THE END AND STRUCK TREES CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. IN A STATEMENT FROM THE AIRPORT MANAGER AT BLYTHE, CA TO LAX NTSB, ADDED THAT DUE TO GUSTY WIND  CONDITIONS.  THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT WEIGHT ON THE WHEELS FOR THE BRAKES TO BE EFFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAD NO INTENT TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT, AND WHEN HE HAD COMPLETED HIS REPAIRS HE INTENDED TO OBTAIN A FERRYT PERMIT TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO ANOTHER MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO COMPLET ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS.

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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