- Date
- March 29, 1966
- Place
- Hawthorne, NV · HAWTHORNE, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5137UCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2363 66/3/29 HAWTHORNE NEV CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0700 N5137U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 48, 5970 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 910 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWTHORNE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT PROPPED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED, ENGINE STARTED AND AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5137U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hawthorne
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