Plane Crash List

Cessna 206 N5028U

29 August 1988 · Saint George, Utah, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 August 1988 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N5028U, operated by Crock, Robert C., was involved in an accident near Saint George, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 13:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Saint George, Utah, United States
Nearest airport
Saint George Muni (SGU)
Coordinates
37.1796, -113.5992
Aircraft
Cessna 206
Registration
N5028U
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Crock, Robert C.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Parowan → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN88LA192

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

DRG THE LANDING ROLL, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THEN THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY, ENCTRD SOFT DIRT/GRAVEL TERRAIN & NOSED OVER. A POST-ACDNT INSPN REVEALED THAT TWO ATTACHING BOLTS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR YOKE HAD FAILED & THAT THE TW0 BOLTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE WERE BENT. THE LEFT FORWARD BOLT HAD EVIDENCE OF A PREVIOUS CRACK, IN THAT THE FRACTURE AREA WAS DARK & RUSTED. THE LEFT REAR BOLT WAS STRAIGHT, BUT HAD FAILED AT THE THREAD BASE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE RIGHT ATTACHING BOLTS HAD BECOME BENT AS THE NOSE GEAR FORK COLLAPSED TO THE RIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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