- Date
- November 3, 1983, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N756DGCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831103056269A
- Case key
- 24078
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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 pilot's body was found under the front of the acft by the propeller. All cockpit controls were in the start positionand the acft was not chocked or tied down. The payroll checks the pilot was to deliver were found in the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756DG
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 04003
- Airframe hours
- 597
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Charles B. Koehler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1983 · 43 hours before
- Airport
- Reno
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 55 in this make and model · 1,416 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.