- Date
- February 23, 1979
- Place
- Monument Vly, UT · MONUMENT VLY, UT
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5080UCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790223003479A
- Case key
- 137227
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1520 79/2/23 MONUMENT VLY,UT CESSNA U206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 852 TIME - 1800 N5080U PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 328 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAVAJO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONUMENT VLY,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- MUDDY THAWING RUNWAY SURFACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5080U
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Navajo
N5080URegistration cancelled Jul 21, 2008 · Cessna 206Airframe modelCessna 206Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5080U · 1
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