# Accident 20090123002399A: Cessna 2105(205), Flagstaff, AZ, January 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2009, 06:52 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9861° N, 111.6894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9861&lon=-111.6894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8298Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8298Z-2009-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105(205)
- Reported engine: CONT IO470S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,874 total, 884 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090123002399A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 23, 2009, AT 0652 MST, A CESSNA 205, N8298Z, IMPACTED PINE TREES AND A HILL SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM PULLIAM AIRPORT (FLG) FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, KILLING THE TWO PILOTS.  THE PRIVATE PILOTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE OWNER, WERE OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE ACCIDENT SITE; NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM FLIGHT SERVICE THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.  THE REPORT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT STATED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED.  THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WAS LOCATED ON A HILL ABOUT 700 FEET WEST OF HIGHWAY I-17, AND ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF FLG.  THE DEBRIS STRETCHED OVER 200 FEET FROM THE FIRST IMPACT MARKING TO THE FARTHEST DEBRIS FOUND (SHARDS OF GLASS) ON A BEARING OF 280 DEGREES; THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS SITUATED NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE PATH.  THE ACCIDENT SITE ELEVATION WAS ABOUT 6,850 FEET MSL.  AN EXAMINATION AT THE ACCIDENT SITE, AND A DETAILED EXAMINATION AT THE RECOVERY SITE, REVEALED NO IDENTIFIABLE CAUSE FOR THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR09FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA096), Jan 23, 2009: Cessna 205 (N8298Z), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of situational awareness and failure to maintain clearance from hilly terrain while flying in an area of a low cloud ceiling. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to…

## Other reports on N8298Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19750827026209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750827026209A), Aug 27, 1975: Cessna 2105 (N8298Z), Spanaway, WA, Substantial damage

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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