- Date
- February 21, 1971
- Place
- Grnd Canyon, AZ · GRND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9488CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0203 71/2/21 GRND CANYON,ARIZ CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N9488C PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 28, 1986 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 98 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMS,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT LOST IN COLORADO RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9488C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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