- Date
- March 27, 1979
- Place
- Boulder, NV · BOULDER, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1551UCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790327011719I
- Case key
- 137304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0369 79/3/27 NR.BOULDER,NV CESSNA 207 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0945 N1551U PX- 0 1 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 28, 1286 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 344 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV GRAND CANYON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- A PSGR RCV COMPRESSION OF L-1 VERTEBRA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1551U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N1551URegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2018 · Cessna T207Airframe modelCessna T207Engine modelTCM Cont TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.