- Date
- May 28, 1982, 18:05 local (May 29, 1982, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Sedona, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4637FCessna TP206A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72590
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Nose down
Analysis
During touchdown the aircraft started to porpoise. The pilot elected to go-around and added power however the aircraft departed the left side of the runway and came to rest nose down in the dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4637F
- Reported as
- Cessna TP206A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-0237
- Airframe hours
- 1,157
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marvin Rosenberg
- Registered owner
- Marvin Rosenberg
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Destination
- Culkana, AK
- Airport
- SEZ · Sedona, runway 3, 5,135 × 75 ft, asphalt
N4637FRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2012 · Cessna TP206AAirframe modelCessna TP206AEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,199 total · 451 in this make and model · 1,039 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg