- Date
- September 11, 1979
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO · GRAND JUNCTION, CO
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8301QCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790911043319A
- Case key
- 132858
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3995 79/9/11 NR.GRAND JUNCTION,CO CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 650 TIME - 1900 N8301Q PX- 0 0 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 182 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND JUNCTION,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN RETRACT FLAPS.DOORS COULD BE SPRUNG JUST ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE DOOR MICROSWITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8301Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8301QRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna TU206FAirframe modelCessna TU206FEngine modelContinental TSIO-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.