# NTSB DEN79FA024: Cessna T206, N868BJ, Brigham City, UT, February 26, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 26, 1979
- Place: Brigham City, UT · BRIGHAM CITY, UT
- Location: 41.5059° N, 112.0514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brigham City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5059&lon=-112.0514&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136327
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN79FA024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2189  79/2/26  NR.BRIGHAM CITY,UT    CESSNA T206         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 2155                    N868BJ              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      71, 38685 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            4619 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SALT LAKE CITY,UT           LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: MISSED APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N868BJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N868BJ-2009-09-15), registration cancelled 2009-09-15, S/N U20604424, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19790226022969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790226022969A), Feb 26, 1979: Cessna 206CESSNA, Brigham City, UT, Destroyed. During night VFR smulated instrument apch practice, pilot made improper missed apch procedure. Hit rising terrain.

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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