# NTSB DEN79FA013: Cessna U206, N29078, Ogden, UT, December 27, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 27, 1978
- Place: Ogden, UT · OGDEN, UT
- Location: 41.2284° N, 111.9681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ogden, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2284&lon=-111.9681&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 16, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138441
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN79FA013
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29078-2013-10-23), registration cancelled 2013-10-23, S/N U206-1055, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (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: Dirtstrip

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19781227042129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781227042129A), Dec 27, 1978: Cessna U206C, Ogden, UT, Destroyed. Recovery date 12/28/78.departure was made over the water,no definhorizon,fm unlit strip.

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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