- Date
- July 27, 1983, 19:48 local (Jul 28, 1983, 02:48 UTC)
- Place
- Clifton, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N920RBCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830727075219A
- Case key
- 23804
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.
Analysis
The acft collided with soft terrain and nosed over during an attempted takeoff. Custom officials said the acft was being tracked on radar. The plt of the accident acft saw the customs acft after he landed and attempted to takeoff, lost control and nosed over in soft terrain. The plt was caught, arrested and 600 lbs of suspect cargo was seized.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N920RB
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-0212
- Airframe hours
- 2,935
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin Gonzalez, doing business as 815 Fir Avenue
- Registered owner
- Steven Hall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1982 · 46 hours before
- Airport
- CFT · Greenlee, runway 7, 4,985 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 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.