# Accident 20040913021769A: Cessna U206F, Stanley, ID, September 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Stanley, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4097° N, 115.2539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4097&lon=-115.2539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20GV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20GV-2011-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,400 total, 9,824 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040913021769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEP 13, 2004, N20GV WAS ON A RETURNED FLIGHT FROM PISTOL CREEK, ID TO STANLEY, IDAHO FLYING VFR, WHEN IMC CONDITIONS WERE ENCOUNTERED AND N20GV WAS FOUND ON THE WEST SLOPE OF CAPE HORN MOUNTAIN DUE NORTHWEST APPROXIMATELY 305 DEGREES MAGNETIC BEARING OF STANLEY, ID. APPROXIMATELY 16 NAUTICAL MILES DISTANCE.

## 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 SEA04FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA190), Sep 14, 2004: Cessna U206F (N20GV), Stanley, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain aircraft control.

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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