- Date
- May 9, 1979
- Place
- Austin, NV · AUSTIN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N756YYCessna TU206G
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136075
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0834 79/5/9 NR.AUSTIN,NV CESSNA TU206G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 9734 TIME - 1430 N756YY PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TONAPAH,NV REESE VALLEY,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW, SNOW GRAINS/SNOW PELLETS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 22 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT TAXIING ON OIL SLICK ROAD.WIND BLEW ACFT INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756YY
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Austin
N756YYRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2007 · Cessna TU206GAirframe modelCessna TU206GEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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.