- Date
- May 20, 1978
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8389ZCessna 210-5
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780520036449A
- Case key
- 141565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3668 78/5/20 PHOENIX,AZ CESSNA 210-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 330 TIME - 1450 N8389Z PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ GRAND CANYON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8389Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 210-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Harbor
N8389ZRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2018 · Cessna 210-5(205)Airframe modelCessna 210-5(205)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.