# Accident 20100506034159A: Cessna U206G, Yuma, AZ, May 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2010, 05:49 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZDEG
- Location: 32.6533° N, 114.7156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6533&lon=-114.7156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756WN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756WN-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100506034159A

## Narrative

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

AT ABOUT 0545 MST THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN 6 MILES WEST OF THE YUMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, YUMA AZ.  THE AIRPLANE WAS ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS UNDER 14 CFR 137, RELEASING LIVE MOTHS OVER FIELDS.  THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY FLIES AT 500 FEET AGL WHILE RELEASING THE MOTHS.  A REVIEW OF RADAR TRACKING INFORMATION SHOWED THE PILOT MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO THE SUN AT THE MOMENT OF SUNRISE.  THE PROPELLER AND WINDSCREEN OF THE AIRCRAFT BOTH CONTAINED WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE REMAINS OF A BIRD STRIKE. A WITNESS WHO LIVES ACROSS FROM THE COTTON FIELD WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING INTO A SHED AFTER PICKING SQUASH WHEN HE LOOKED UP AND SAW THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDING INTO THE GROUND.  THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A FIRE, THEN AN EXPLOSION.  THE WITNESS STATED HE HEARD THE ENGINE RUNNING AS IT CROSSED OVERHEAD BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE IF IT WAS UNDER FULL POWER.OTHER PERSONS IN THE AREA REPORTED HEARING THE AIRCRAFT ORBITING THE FIELDS AND SEVERAL OF THEM REPORTED HEARING THEY COULD HEAR THE ENGINE RUNNING UP TO THE POINT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK 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 WPR10FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA228), May 6, 2010: Cessna U206G (N756WN), Yuma, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of situational awareness and failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was glare from the rising sun.

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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