# NTSB LAX84LA069: Cessna TU206E, N1445M, Red Rock, AZ, November 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 25, 1983, 01:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Red Rock, AZ
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24091
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24091/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA069

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, taxi - from landing
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire, standing - engine(s) not operating
  - sabotage - intentional, other person (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT TAXIED INTO A DITCH AFTER LANDING ON A ROAD AT NIGHT. AFTER THE ACFT CAME TO REST IT WAS APPARENTLY INTENTIONALLY BURNED. SOB & INJURIES ARE PRESUMED. THE LANDING SITE WAS MARKED BY THE PLACEMENT OF WHITE CLOTHS ALONG THE EDGES OF THE ROAD. THE ACFT HAD APPARENTLY LANDED ON SCHEDULE BECAUSE AFTER IT CAME TO A STOP NUMEROUS VEHICLES CONVERGED UPON IT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1445M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1445M-2012-10-11), registration cancelled 2012-10-11, S/N U20601445, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206E
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206e) (registry code 2073352) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20601445
- Airframe hours: 2250
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Pittman Used Cars
- Registered owner: Phillip Pittman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 11, 1982, 58 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19831125058769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831125058769A), Nov 25, 1983: Cessna TU206E, Red Rock, AZ, Substantial damage. Taxied into a ditch after landing on a marked section of a road. Persons unknown unloaded aircraft then burned same

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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