# Accident 20200705009672A: Cessna TU206G, Coeur D'Alene, ID, July 5, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2020, 14:35 local time
- Place: Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5192° N, 116.8264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5192&lon=-116.8264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6373U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6373U-2021-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200705009672A

## Narrative

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

THE CESSNA 206 WAS FLYING FROM COEUR D?ALANE AIRPORT DOWN TO LEWISTON IDAHO AIRPORT, AND FLEW OVER LAKE COEUR D?ALANE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A DEHAVILAND BEAVER CONDUCTING SIGHTSEEING TOURS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING SOUTH DOWN THE LAKE, WHEN IT COLLIDED NEAR HALF ROUND BAY. EYEWITNESSES STATE THAT THE AIRCRAFTS WERE APPROXIMATELY 500-800 FEET OFF THE WATER. SOME WITNESSES STATED THAT THE 206 WAS FLYING A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE BEAVER.  BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED DURING THE ACCIDENT, AND ALL OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2106K, Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A): [Accident 20200705009682A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200705009682A)

## 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 WPR20FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA206), Jul 5, 2020: Cessna TU206 (N6373U), Coeur d'Alene, ID, destroyed, 8 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilots of both airplanes to see and avoid the other airplane.

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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