- Date
- June 1, 1980
- Place
- Furnace Creek, CA · FURNACE CREEK, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1535UCessna T207
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800601023939A
- Case key
- 136394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1834 80/6/1 NR.FURNACE CREEK,CA CESSNA T207 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 33, TIME - 1530 N1535U PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BEATTY,NV RETURN DEATH VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- CRASHED BETWEEN RIDGES ON RISING TERRAIN.DA APRX 7000FT.RECOVERY DATE 6/3/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1535U
- Reported as
- Cessna T207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.