- Date
- November 8, 1969
- Place
- Bryce Canyon, UT · BRYCE CANYON, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2502XCessna P206
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148589
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3185 69/11/8 BRYCE CANYON,UT CESSNA P206 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 1588 TIME - 1912 N2502X PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 268 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRYCE CANYON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVO,UT ESCALANTE,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- SPARSELY LTD AREA. DARK NITE. RECOVERY DATE 11/9/69.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2502X
- Reported as
- Cessna P206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bryce Canyon
N2502XRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Cessna P206Airframe modelCessna P206Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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