- Date
- July 11, 1980
- Place
- Ely, NV · ELY, NV
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N29089Cessna U206C
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1725 80/7/11 NR.ELY,NV CESSNA U206C CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, TIME - 1850 N29089 PX- 3 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELY,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- CHUTE FASTENED TO ACFT & EQPT IN REVERSE.EQPT FELL FREE,CHUTE FOUND DRAPED OVER EMPENNAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29089
- Reported as
- Cessna U206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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