- Date
- March 18, 1973
- Place
- Sedona, AZ · SEDONA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9530GCessna U206F
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730318006549A
- Case key
- 170383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0670 73/3/18 SEDONA,ARIZ CESSNA U206F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2130 N9530G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 17073 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 505 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEDONA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEDONA,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRASHED INTO MTN SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9530G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sedona
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9530G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA91WA066Accident · 1 fatalForeign investigationMontserratNTSB MKC82DA173Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportBaton Rouge, LAThe pilot changed the fuel selector from right to left while descending through 2200 ft MSL. The engine failed immediately after the fuel selector was moved. Repeated attempts to restart the engine by changing fuel selector position was unsuccessful. The…