- Date
- July 2, 1976
- Place
- Palms, CA · PALMS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5289UCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760702019239A
- Case key
- 154440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1700 76/7/2 NR.PALMS,CA CESSNA U206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 200 TIME - 1600 N5289U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEADOW LARK,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- LND ON DRY LAKE BED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5289U
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5289URegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2013 · Cessna U206Airframe modelCessna U206Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5289U · 1
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