- Date
- December 27, 1978
- Place
- Ogden, UT · OGDEN, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29078Cessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781227042129A
- Case key
- 138441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3940 78/12/27 NR.OGDEN,UT CESSNA U206 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 280 TIME - 1930 N29078 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIRTSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OGDEN,UT OGDEN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12/28/78.DEPARTURE WAS MADE OVER THE WATER,NO DEFINITE HORIZON,FM UNLIT STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29078
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dirtstrip
N29078Registration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Cessna U206CAirframe modelCessna U206CEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.