# Accident 20170623008609A: Cessna U206F, Page, AZ, June 23, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Airport: Page Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 8USA
- Location: 36.9133° N, 111.4561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9133&lon=-111.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71001, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71001-2019-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170623008609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON RETURN FLIGHT TO PAGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FROM MONUMENT VALLEY AIR TOUR. PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT INABILITY TO CLIMB. STARTED SLOW DESCENT RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 300-400 FEET PER MINUTE. PILOT TRIED TO TROUBLESHOOT SITUATION BY CHECKING FUEL FLOW, SELECTOR TANK, MIXTURE CONTROL, PROPELLER CONTROL AND THROTTLE CONTROL. PILOT BEGAN FLYING TOWARDS A DIRT ROAD AWAY FROM THE ROUGH TERRAIN CURRENTLY FLYING OVER. AT 100-150 FEET AGL, PILOT GAVE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT TO A MORE EXPERIENCED PILOT. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A JUNIPER TREE WITH THE LEFT WING AND CAME TO A FULLSTOP.  AFTER SAFELY LANDING ON THE UNIMPROVED DIRT ROAD, PILOT BEGAN SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES, DURING THE SHUTDOWN PROCESS, AND WHILE PULLING BACK ON THE THROTTLE, THE THROTTLE CABLE CAME OUT OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) FEET OF CABLE. ALL PERSONNEL ON BOARD WERE EVACUATED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR17LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA144), Jun 23, 2017: Cessna U206F (N71001), Page, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the throttle control cable due to fatigue and maintenance personnel’s failure to replace the cable at the last engine overhaul, which resulted in the pilots’ inability to control…

## Other reports on N71001 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880915039039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880915039039I), Sep 15, 1988: Cessna U206F (N71001), Glade Park, CO. Engine siezed, struck power line while landing on a park road safely. Engine had thrown a rod due to metal fatigue.

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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