- Date
- June 30, 1972
- Place
- Steamboat, NV · STEAMBOAT, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29196Cessna U206C
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167165
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1669 72/6/30 STEAMBOAT,NEV CESSNA U206C CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4846 TIME - 0743 N29196 PX- 1 3 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 79 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN AT LOW ALT.NEAR GROSS WT,DENSITY ALT ABOUT 10000 FT.STALLED IN TURNAROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29196
- Reported as
- Cessna U206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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