- Date
- July 17, 1971
- Place
- Quartzsite, AZ · QUARTZSITE, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8667ZCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19710717999999A
- Case key
- 162663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1943 71/7/17 NR.QUARTZSITE,AZ CESSNA 206 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 276 TIME - UNK/NR N8667Z PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MODESTO,CA TUCSON,AZ LANCASTER,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY INCL TOWERING CUMULUS,HEAVIEST IN MID & LATE AFTERNOON.RECOVERED 11/3/81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8667Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- 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.