# Accident 19990803010659A: Cessna 177B, Grand Canyon, AZ, August 3, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1999, 14:07 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon National Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0309° N, 112.0193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0309&lon=-112.0193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19113, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19113-2000-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990803010659A

## Narrative

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

ACFT TOOK OFF, DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE, AND CRASHED, 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, ONE POB HAS SERIOUS INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON AUGUST 3, 1999, AT 1407 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 177B, N19113, OPERATED BY AERO HAVEN, INC., OF BIG BEAR, CALIFORNIA, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN AT TUSAYAN, ARIZONA.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES; ANOTHER PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS RENTED BY THE PILOT FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BIG BEAR ON AUGUST 1, 1999, AND WAS TO INCLUDE STOPS AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AND GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA, WITH A RETURN TO BIG BEAR ON AUGUST 3, 1999. THE AIRPLANE ARRIVED AT THE LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PARKING RAMP ABOUT 1740 ON AUGUST 1, 1999, WHERE IT REMAINED FOR THE NIGHT.  ON AUGUST 2, THE AIRPLANE WAS TOPPED OFF WITH FUEL (15.4 GALLONS), AND THE FUEL INVOICE SHOWED AN ESTIMATED DEPARTURE TIME OF 1400 FOR THE GRAND CANYON. ON AUGUST 3, 1999, THE AIRPLANE WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AT 1405 FROM RUNWAY 03 AT THE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL  PARK AIRPORT. SEVERAL PILOT WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE APPEARED SLOW AND DID NOT CLIMB MUCH ABOVE THE TREES.  ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT IT WAS SEEN TO BARELY CLEAR THE BUILDINGS AT TUSAYAN.  AFTER CROSSING HIGHWAY 64, IT WAS OBSERVED TO ROLL TO THE LEFT AND DESCEND INTO TREES.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE AIRPORT DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS REPORTED AS 8,700 FEET MSL, AND THE WIND WAS LIGHT AND VARIABLE.  ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY, RUNWAY 03 HAS A POSITIVE RUNWAY GRADIENT OF 0.7 PERCENT, OR ABOUT A 76-FOOT INCREASE OVER THE 8,999-FOOT LENGTH.(-23) A/C DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 3 AT GCN AIRPORT WENT INTO THE TREES APPROX. 2 MILES NORTH INTO RISING TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX99FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA262), Aug 3, 1999: Cessna 177B (N19113), Tusayan, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: was the pilot's failure to have available and consult the FAA approved flight manual for performance data and, the high density altitude. Contributing to the accident were the dual magneto and spark…

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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