Cessna T207 N1535U

1 June 1980 · Furnace Creek, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 1 June 1980 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna T207 registered N1535U was involved in an accident during in flight near Furnace Creek, California, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 June 1980 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Furnace Creek, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna T207
Registration: N1535U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Beatty, Nv → Return
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1834

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	6	0	0	0

Probable cause

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

CRASHED BETWEEN RIDGES ON RISING TERRAIN.DA APRX7000FT.RECOVERY DATE 6/3/80.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1834, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Aug 1980	Cessna T207 N91115	Salmon, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Salmon Air TAX	Fatal	2
21 Aug 1981	Cessna T207 N17464	Casper, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Air Freight EX	Fatal	1
6 Aug 1982	Cessna T207 N1627U	Dixie, Idaho, United States	Kenneth L. Linn	No injuries	-
24 Nov 1977	Cessna T207 N91029	Calexico, California, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
10 Mar 1976	Cessna T207 N14450	Gallup, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Blvd PET Cente	Serious injuries	-
3 Jul 1988	Cessna T207 N1724U	Petros, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	J & S Aero, Inc.	Fatal	1

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