- Date
- February 17, 1980
- Place
- El Monte, CA · EL MONTE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51020Cessna TU206F
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800217003879A
- Case key
- 131554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2149 80/2/17 EL MONTE,CA CESSNA TU206F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1610 TIME - 1200 N51020 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 536 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MONTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- COLLIDED W 2 PARKED ACFT & RETAINING WALL DRG FORCED LNDG ON DEP ARPT AT NGT.RVR NR DEP END OF RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51020
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Monte
N51020Registration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Cessna TU206FAirframe modelCessna TU206FEngine modelContinental TSIO-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.