# NTSB LAX69A0047: Cessna TU206C, N29004, Action, CA, January 31, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 31, 1969
- Place: Action, CA · ACTION, CA
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191248
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0047
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0047

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1953  69/1/31    ACTION,CALIF        CESSNA TU206C       CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2500
        TIME - 1724                    N29004              PX-  2  1  0  DEMONSTRATION             TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           STALL                                                    LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- STALLED DURING STEEP TURN ON BASE LEG DUE TO TOO HIGH/FAST APCH TO INTENDED LDG ON ROAD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29004](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29004-1981-05-13), registration cancelled 1981-05-13, S/N U206-1004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206C
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206c) (registry code 2073334) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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