Accident · 1991-05-13

NTSB case LAX91FA213 · CESSNA 207A · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1991-05-13
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 207A (N6280H)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Air Grand Canyon Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIR GRAND CANYON

Probable cause

DETONATION (OR PRE-IGNITION) IN THE NUMBER 1 CYLINDER, WHICH RESULTED IN EROSION (BURNING) OF THE NUMBER 1 PISTON AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

Source: NTSB case LAX91FA213

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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