# Accident 19990131000849A: Cessna U206G, Salem, MO, January 31, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1999
- Place: Salem, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6295° N, 91.5295° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6295&lon=-91.5295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7586N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7586N-2001-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990131000849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT LOST A VACUUM PUMP AND THAT THE WAS DISORIENTED. THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (.19)ON JANUARY 31, 1999, AT 1212 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA U-206G, N7586N, PILOTED BY AN INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS DESTROYED DURING A COLLISION WITH THE GROUND FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL.  THE PILOT SAID THE AIRPLANE'S VACUUM PUMP HAD FAILED.  WHILE MAKING A TURN THE PILOT SAID HE WAS COMPLETELY DISORIENTED.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MARION, ILLINOIS, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.

## 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 CHI99FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA079), Jan 31, 1999: Cessna U-206G (N7586N), Salem, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the spatial disorientation and loss of control by the pilot after a reported vacuum failure. Factors were instrument flight conditions and icing conditions.

## Other reports on N7586N (1)

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

- [Incident 19911003048959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911003048959I), Oct 3, 1991: Cessna U206G (N7586N), Charleston, WV. Electrical problem with destination in sight. Landed with green light from tower.

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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