# NTSB LAX87LA293: Cessna TU206G, N756UN, Chinle, AZ, August 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1987, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Chinle, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.229709, -109.569961 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2297&lon=-109.5700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25658
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA293
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25658/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA293

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

AT THE END OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLT, THE PLT REPORTED THAT ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD THE AIRSPEED AND ALT WERE HIGH SO HE ELECTED TO GO-AROUND. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT THE APPROACH WAS TOO SLOW AND THE ACFT STALLED APRX 8 FT AGL. THE ACFT TOUCHED-DOWN AND BOUNCED. THE PLT ADDED PWR AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO-AROUND, HOWEVER, THE ACFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES OVER APRX 1000 FT OF ROUGH GROUND AND CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN IN A WASH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N756UN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20604368
- Airframe hours: 1924
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Larkin, James G.
- Registered owner: Leasco
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 27, 1987, 32 hours before
- Departed: SGU, ST GEORGE, UT
- Destination: CHINLE, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 500 total, 351 in this make and model, 413 as pilot in command, 51 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19870805043379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870805043379A), Aug 5, 1987: Cessna TU206G, Chinle, AZ, Substantial damage. Collided with terrain while landing on a dirt road. Approach speed too slow. Stalled. Bounced. Stopped nose down.

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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