# NTSB LAX82FA013: Cessna 206, N8667Z, Quartzsite, AZ, July 17, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 17, 1971
- Place: Quartzsite, AZ · QUARTZSITE, AZ
- Location: 33.6639° N, 114.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quartzsite, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6639&lon=-114.2299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 25, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162663
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA013
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8667Z-1972-03-16), registration cancelled 1972-03-16, S/N P206-0467 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna P206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206c) (registry code 2073312) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19710717999999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19710717999999A), Jul 17, 1971: Cessna 206CESSNA, Quartzsite, AZ, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Wreckage of missing aircraft located in deer mountain ravine. Strong convective currents in area time of crash.

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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