# NTSB LAX66F0290: Cessna 206, N5137U, Hawthorne, NV, March 29, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 29, 1966
- Place: Hawthorne, NV · HAWTHORNE, NV
- Location: 38.5253° N, 118.6260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5253&lon=-118.6260&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 26, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171904
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66F0290
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0290

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2363  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5137U-1966-05-04), registration cancelled 1966-05-04, S/N 206-0137 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hawthorne

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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