# NTSB LAX80FA120: Cessna U206C, N29089, Ely, NV, July 11, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 11, 1980
- Place: Ely, NV · ELY, NV
- Location: 39.2649° N, 114.8708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ely, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2649&lon=-114.8708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 14, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FA120
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA120

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29089-1982-03-02), registration cancelled 1982-03-02, S/N U206-1063, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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