Cessna 206 N4651Z

Summary

On 26 July 1987 at about 10:00 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N4651Z, operated by Canyon Air Enterprises Inc., was involved in an accident near Williams, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 July 1987 at 10:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Williams, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 206

Registration

N4651Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Canyon Air Enterprises Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

LAX87LA334

1 person 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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED STOLEN ON JULY 26, 1987. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE GRAND CANYON AIRPORT IN GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA ON JULY 26, 1987, AT 0300 MST. A SEARCH OF RECORDS OR AIRPORTS IN THE AREA REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AT THE PULLIAM AIRPORT IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA ON JULY 26, 1987. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND NEAR WILLIAMS, ARIZONA ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1987. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS NEAR WILLIAMS ON JULY 26, 1987 WERE REPORTED AS SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE UNCERTIFICATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. FAA RECORDS INDICATED THAT HE HAD BEEN DENIED A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IN 1979 AND THAT HE HAD INDICATED ON IT THAT HE HAD 269 HOURS OF FLT TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.