# Accident 20080731842549A: Cessna TU206E, Riverside, CA, July 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2008, 11:20 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6717° N, 117.0681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6717&lon=-117.0681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1499M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1499M-2010-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206E (registry code 2073352, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206E
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,188 total, 1,934 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080731842549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE ELEVATOR AND RUDDER.  WHILE TRYING TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT THE ENGINE STOPPED.  THE PILOT COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE AND MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD.  THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, BOTH WINGS HIT THE GROUND APPEARING TO DAMAGE THE SPARS.  TWO OF THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD FUEL, THE ENGINE AT THE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE DID NOT HAVE OIL ON THE DIP STICK.  THE PILOT STATED HE STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AT BOUT 60 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.

## 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 LAX08LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA251), Jul 31, 2008: Cessna TU206E (N1499M), Murrieta, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A malfunction of the flight control system and loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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