- Date
- April 19, 1985, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tuba City, AZ
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8849QCessna U206G
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850419013539A
- Case key
- 24491
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
This was a medical transportation flight during the early morning hours in marginal weather conditions. The flight was not completed and was returning to the departure airport when it descended into desert terrain 10 miles short of its destination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8849Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603558
- Airframe hours
- 889
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Monument Valley Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1984 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- TBC · Tuba City, AZ
- Destination
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 800 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Observed at
- INW, 90 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.