- Date
- July 14, 1984, 19:45 local (Jul 15, 1984, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Catalina, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3971GCessna TU206C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840714040929A
- Case key
- 24362
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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 ran into ruts washed out by recent rains on a private arpt. The plt reported that he circled the arpt to look for hazards. He concluded that it was ok to land. After the accident he said that he should have called the arpt operator prior to flying there to check on the condition of the arpt and rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3971G
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 1,267
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alpha Aerial Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1983
- Departed
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Destination
- 8EO · Catalina, AZ
- Airport
- 8EO · Brave Bulls, runway 21, 3,200 × ft, dirt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,325 total · 103 in this make and model · 1,717 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.