- Date
- July 19, 1986, 08:42 local (15:42 UTC)
- Place
- Whitmore, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6484HCessna T207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860719034639A
- Case key
- 25215
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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 airplane departed marble canyon airport, marble canyon, Arizona, to pick up passengers at the grand canyon bar ten airstrip (1Z1) for a 14 CFR 135 flight. The pilot reported that upon arrival at 1Z1 he flew over the single dirt strip runway at about 20 ft a.g.l. heading in a southerly direction to check the runway for live stock or pot holes. When the airplane reached the south end of the runway the plt executed a right 90 deg climbing turn to about 400 ft a.g.l. followed by a left descending 270 deg turn. During the left turn the airplane stalled and collided with the ground. Ground witnesses confirmed the pilot's account of the accident. The pilot further stated that airplane did not experience any engine difficulties.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6484H
- Reported as
- Cessna T207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 207000541
- Airframe hours
- 4,332
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lake Mead Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 18, 1986 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- L41 · Marble Canyon, AZ
- Airport
- 1Z2 · Grand Canyon Bar Ten Astp
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,352 total · 240 in this make and model · 1,241 as pilot in command · 330 in the last 90 days · 133 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 80 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.