# NTSB DEN82DA096: Cessna TU206G, N878AH, Price, UT, May 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1982, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Price, UT
- Coordinates: 39.570972, -110.79943 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5710&lon=-110.7994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72310
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72310/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA096

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A DUST DEVIL SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN DURING A LANDING ON AN UNIMPROVED AREA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE DUST DEVIL MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND INTO A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N878AH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N878AH-2021-01-28), registration cancelled 2021-01-28, S/N U20604570, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G (206)
- 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
- Serial number: U20604570
- Airframe hours: 1047
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Hunts Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner: Hunts Flying Service Inc.
- Departed: PRICE, UT
- Destination: PRICE, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,364 total, 933 in this make and model, 3,111 as pilot in command, 130 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 5 knots

## 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 19820525019089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820525019089A), May 25, 1982: Cessna 206CESSNA, Price, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft encountered a dust devil while landing on a unimproved area, veered into a ditch.

## Other investigations on N878AH (1)

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.

- [NTSB WPR21LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA059), Nov 21, 2020: Cessna TU206 (N878AH), Twentynine Palms, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to takeoff with a known mechanical engine anomaly, and the failure of the No. 2-cylinder exhaust valve, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during the initial climb…

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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