Cessna P206B N8606Z

Summary

On 20 November 1982 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna P206B registered N8606Z, operated by Orme Aviation, was involved in an accident near Near Shafter, Nevada, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 November 1982 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Shafter, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

40.9507, -115.7892

Aircraft

Cessna P206B

Registration

N8606Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Orme Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Wendover

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX83FA038

5 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PILOT FLEW INTO THE GROUND TURNING ON FINAL APPROACH. LEFT WING AND LANDING GEAR MADE FIRST GROUND CONTACT. THE NIGHT WAS DARK AND TERRAIN LACKED LIGHTS. THE RUNWAY WAS LIGHTED. THERE WERE NO KNOWN MALFUNCTIONS TO EQUIPMENT. NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS ON BOARD HAD A PILOT CERTIFICATE OR AN AVIATION MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. REPORTEDLY, THE PILOT HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHEN HE TOOK OFF ON A PREVIOUS FLIGHT, THEN MADE SEVERAL SEVERE BOUNCES WHEN HE LANDED. A PASSENGER OF THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT STATED THAT THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A CHECKOUT IN THE PLANE PRIOR TO RENTING IT FOR SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.