- Date
- July 26, 1987, 03:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Williams, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4651ZCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25688
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 aircraft was reported stolen on July 26, 1987. It is believed that the aircraft departed the grand canyon airport in grand canyon, Arizona on July 26, 1987, at 0300 MST. A search of records or airports in the area revealed that the aircraft was refueled at the pulliam airport in flagstaff, Arizona on July 26, 1987. The aircraft was found near Williams, Arizona on September 13, 1987. The weather conditions near Williams on July 26, 1987 were reported as scattered rain showers with light and variable winds. The aircraft was destroyed and the uncertificated pilot was fatally injured. FAA records indicated that he had been denied a medical certificate in 1979 and that he had indicated on it that he had 269 hours of flt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4651Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605994
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Canyon Air Enterprises Inc., doing business as Explorer Air Tours
- Registered owner
- Lbs Distributers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 51
- Flight hours
- 269 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None