# NTSB LAX82FUQ07: Cessna TU206F, N2644Q, Mojave, CA, January 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1982, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Coordinates: 35.069614, -118.179786 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0696&lon=-118.1798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71739
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FUQ07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71739/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUQ07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, landing
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED ON THE FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEETING WITH REALTORS. THE MEETING CONCERNED A PARCEL OF LAND. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS CIRCLING THE LAND AT 500 TO 700 FT AGL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING IN THE FIELD THAT HE WAS CIRCLING. HE STATED IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD STRIKE TREES DURING THE ROLL OUT, IF HE CONTINUED, SO HE ATTEMPTED TO FLY OVER THE TREES AND LAND ON A ROAD WHICH WAS BEYOND. A GROUND WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLING WHEN IT SUDDENLY LOST ALTITUDE. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT CAME WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE SURFACE WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD SURGE OF POWER AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT FLEW THROUGH A ROW OF TREES. A PASSENGER REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE SPUTTER AND SAID THEY TRIED TO LAND ON A ROAD, BUT COULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID TREES, SO TOOK OFF AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED ON A ROAD ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE TREES. AN EXAMINATION REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION. THE PROP BLADES HAD EXTENSIVE CORDWISE SCRATCHES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2644Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602985
- Airframe hours: 1737
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520C 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Orange City Boiler
- Registered owner: Orange City Boiler
- Departed: VISALIA, CA
- Destination: FALCON FLD, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,400 total, 160 in this make and model, 734 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 111 °F
- Observed at: LAN

## 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 19820110000389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820110000389A), Jan 10, 1982: Cessna 206CESSNA, Mojave, CA, Substantial damage. Stalled while viewing property from the air. Recovered near ground. Flew through trees on attempted pullup.

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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