- Date
- July 14, 1972
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 6 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N326JACessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2516 72/7/14 LAS VEGAS,NEV CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 326 TIME - 1655 N326JA PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV GRAND CANYON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- POSSIBLE VAPOR LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N326JA
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran Intl
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