- Date
- August 16, 1983, 12:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Kernville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4738FCessna P206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830816041639A
- Case key
- 23491
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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.
Analysis
The acft was conducting an aerial search in a box canyon. According to the surviving pax they ran out of room to turn the acft around in the canyon. The acft crashed at the 3,850 ft level. Surrounding mountain peaks are 9,470 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4738F
- Reported as
- Cessna P206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0338
- Airframe hours
- 5,324
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lansing L. Warren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1983 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- L05 · Kernville, CA
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,879 total · 810 in this make and model · 1,781 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.