# Accident 20080608846149A: Cessna U206C, Peach Springs, AZ, June 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2008, 13:04 local time
- Place: Peach Springs, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon West
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3331° N, 83.1611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3331&lon=-83.1611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29122, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29122-2008-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080608846149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) HIGH WINDS AND GUSTY WINDS.  RIDES OFFERED AFTER CHARITABLE EVENT (LYON CLUB FLY IN PANCAKE BREAKFAST).  RETURNING TO PATTERN OR IN PATTERN AIRCRAFT DROPPED FROM SIGHT (EYEWITNESS).  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE EAST OF RUNWAY 27 FREMONT, OH (14G) AND CAUGHT FIRE.  PILOT AND 5 PASSENGERS ALL FATAL.

## 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 CHI08FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA156), Jun 8, 2008: Cessna U206C (N29122), Fremont, OH, substantial damage, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control for an undetermined reason, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's poor judgment in continuing to fly…

## Other reports on N29122 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810114007489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810114007489I), Jan 14, 1981: Cessna 206CESSNA (N29122), New York, NY. Za intermittent electrical malfunction caused unscheduled landing. Found voltage regulator wire connection loose.

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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