- Date
- January 23, 1988, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kirkland, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4884UCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880123001129A
- Case key
- 25940
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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
During a cross country flt, the acft struck power lines that were stretched across a canyon. The unmarked wires were aprx 500 ft AGL. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions. No explanation was given for the low flying.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4884U
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605142
- Airframe hours
- 751
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Reiter, Robert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1987
- Departed
- BLD · Boulder City, NV
- Destination
- Kirkland, AZ
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 314 total · 126 in this make and model · 306 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 20 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.