- Date
- June 10, 1978
- Place
- Erie, CO · ERIE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2189FCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780610027009A
- Case key
- 140778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2459 78/6/10 ERIE,CO CESSNA U206 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1780 TIME - 1624 N2189F PX- 0 2 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDERICK,CO BOULDER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- URINE SCREEN POSITIVE FOR SALICYLATES,ACETAMINOPHEN AND BENZODIAZEPINE METABOLYTES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2189F
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2189FRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Cessna U206Airframe modelCessna U206Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2189F · 1
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