# NTSB LAX85FA210: Cessna U206G, N8849Q, Tuba City, AZ, April 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 19, 1985, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Tuba City, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.090881, -111.130249 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0909&lon=-111.1302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24491
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85FA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24491/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA210

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - flight into known adverse weather - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - other (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration
  - weather condition - rough/uneven

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8849Q-1991-10-15), registration cancelled 1991-10-15, S/N U20603558 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603558
- Airframe hours: 889
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850419013539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850419013539A), Apr 19, 1985: Cessna U206G, Tuba City, AZ, Destroyed, 5 fatal. Impacted in flat terrain 10 miles from departure airport. Cause for ground impact is undetermined.

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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