- Date
- July 23, 1991, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salmon, ID
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5183UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910723029609A
- Case key
- 41332
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Probable cause
Improper inflight planning and decisions and failure to maintain airspeed.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot of the Cessna 206 air taxi flight crashed while maneuvering during climbout after takeoff from the remote mountain airstrip. Witnesses stated the pilot attempted a turn in the narrow confines of the canyon. They observed the right wing drop a few feet while in a steep left turn, recover, then drop again with the aircraft rolling inverted to the right before impact on the canyon wall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5183U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2060183
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Wilderness Aviation
- Registered owner
- Wilderness Aviation
- Departed
- 79U · Flying B Ranch, ID
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,910 total · 106 in this make and model · 1,670 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5183U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.