# Accident 20140510007169A: Cessna T207A, Page, AZ, May 10, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2014, 15:45 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Airport: Page Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 8USJ
- Location: 36.9339° N, 111.4497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9339&lon=-111.4497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7311U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7311U-2015-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 6
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,831 total, 70 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140510007169A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PAGE AIRPORT ON 5/10/2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 ON A PART 91.147 (25 MILE) AIR TOUR.

THE  PILOT OF THE CESSNA 207 REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE PAGE AIRPORT.

HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 15. WIND WAS REPORTED 220 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HOLDING ALTITUDE ON DOWNWIND AND WAS FLYING AT A PATTERN ALTITUDE 800-1000 AGL.

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE TURNED LEFT BASE, HE EXPERIENCED A VERY HIGH SINK RATE. HE STATED HE HAD FULL POWER APPLIED BUT THE RATE CONTINUED AFTER HE TURNED FINAL.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RISING TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 400FT. SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND THEN FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK COMING TO REST INVERTED.

THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE SIX PASSENGERS ABOARD SUFFERED AS FOLLOWS: ONE FATAL, ONE SERIOUS, FOUR MINOR.

NO POST CRASH FIRE. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SCENE WITHIN MINUTES.

## 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 WPR14FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA186), May 10, 2014: Cessna T207A (N7311U), Page, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain aircraft control due to a partial loss of engine power and an encounter with downdrafts and gusting crosswinds while on final approach to the runway. The reason for…

## Other reports on N7311U (1)

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

- [Incident 20070612016979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070612016979I), Jun 12, 2007: Cessna T207A (N7311U), Tusayan, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On June 12, 2007 air grand canyon operated a CE-T207 registration number N7311U out of the grand canyon. Approximately 36 min into a tour flight the…

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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