# NTSB OAK66D0292: Cessna 206, N5184U, Yuba City, CA, April 25, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 25, 1966
- Place: Yuba City, CA · YUBA CITY, CA
- Location: 39.1298° N, 121.6415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuba City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1298&lon=-121.6415&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172204
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66D0292
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66D0292

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1066  66/4/25    YUBA CITY CALIF     CESSNA 206          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 3460
        TIME - 0800                    N5184U              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUTTER COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER J-3 N40615 SUBSATNTIAL DAMAGE. UNQUALIFIED PERSON AT CONTROLS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5184U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5184U-1999-08-23), registration cancelled 1999-08-23, S/N 2060184 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sutter County

## Other investigations on N5184U (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA91FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91FA019), Nov 18, 1990: Cessna 206 (N5184U), Pullman, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT DISPLAYED INADEQUATE INFLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE WEATHER WAS OBSCURED, THE DARK NIGHT CONDITION, AND A PROPER ALTITUDE NOT MAINTAINED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.