- Date
- April 15, 1976
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9487GCessna TU206E
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760415010939A
- Case key
- 153314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1009 76/4/15 MESA,AZ CESSNA TU206E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 183 TIME - 1000 N9487G PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESA,AZ NOGALES,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9487G
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Falcon Field
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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.