# Accident 20201121021789A: Cessna TU206G, Twenty Nine Pal, CA, November 21, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2020, 15:59 local time
- Place: Twenty Nine Pal, CA
- Airport: Twenty Nine Palms
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1343° N, 115.9587° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1343&lon=-115.9587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N878AH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N878AH-2021-01-28) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 6
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201121021789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FROM KTNP AND FELT LOSS OF POWER @250 FEET. AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE DESERT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT WHERE IT FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DESERT GROUND. MINOR INJURIES REPORTED.

## 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 WPR21LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA059), Nov 21, 2020: Cessna TU206 (N878AH), Twentynine Palms, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to takeoff with a known mechanical engine anomaly, and the failure of the No. 2-cylinder exhaust valve, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during the initial climb…

## Other reports on N878AH (2)

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

- [Incident 20040611010459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040611010459I), Jun 11, 2004: Cessna TU206G (N878AH), Provo, UT. (-23) N878AH, departed mesquite, Nevada (67L) to salt lake city international (slc), flying at 11500' when the engine made a noise and then lost oil pressure.…
- [Accident 19820525019089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820525019089A), May 25, 1982: Cessna 206CESSNA (N878AH), Price, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft encountered a dust devil while landing on a unimproved area, veered into a ditch.

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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