# NTSB DEN70A0033: Cessna P206, N2502X, Bryce Canyon, UT, November 8, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 8, 1969
- Place: Bryce Canyon, UT · BRYCE CANYON, UT
- Location: 37.6283° N, 112.1677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bryce Canyon, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6283&lon=-112.1677&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148589
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70A0033
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70A0033

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2502X-2012-08-21), registration cancelled 2012-08-21, S/N P206-0002, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- Registry model: [Cessna P206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (registry code 2073304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bryce Canyon

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.

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