- Date
- October 22, 1978
- Place
- Gila Bend, AZ · GILA BEND, AZ
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7520NCessna TU206G
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781022038219A
- Case key
- 138584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3659 78/10/22 GILA BEND,AZ CESSNA TU206G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 305 TIME - 1930 N7520N PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILA BEND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CA FALCON FIELD,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7520N
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gila Bend Muni
N7520NRegistration cancelled Jan 26, 2018 · Cessna TU206GAirframe modelCessna TU206GEngine modelContinental IO-520 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.