# NTSB DEN79FA060: Cessna 206, N8301Q, Grand Junction, CO, September 11, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: September 11, 1979
- Place: Grand Junction, CO · GRAND JUNCTION, CO
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 23, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132858
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN79FA060
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA060

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3995  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8301Q-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N U20603162, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (registry code 2073353) (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: Substantial damage

## 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 19790911043319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790911043319A), Sep 11, 1979: Cessna 206CESSNA, Grand Junction, CO, Substantial damage. High for landing on dirt road. Began go-around, flaps stayed down. Hit trees. Maladjusted door/flap micro switch.

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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