Cessna U206G accident near Dos Palos, CA
On September 12, 1995, a Cessna U206G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Dos Palos, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 12, 1995
- Place
- Dos Palos, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.069°N, 120.631°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04516
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 12, 1995, at 0825 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna U206G, N6355U, collided with flat terrain while on an aerial application flight near Dos Palos, California. The aircraft was owned by Inland Crop Dusters, Inc., and was operated as a public-use aircraft under an exclusive use contract with the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) when the accident occurred. The aircraft was destroyed and the commercial pilot and the pilot-rated passenger sustained fatal injuries. The flight originated in Shafter, California, at 0608 on the day of the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The contract between the aircraft owner and the USDA required the owner to supply aircraft and crews for an insect eradication program. The flight involved the aerial dispensing of sterile Bullworm moths over specified agricultural fields. The pilot was familiarizing the pilot-rated passenger, who was being considered for employment on the contract, with the aerial tasks to be performed. The sole witness to the crash was located about 1.5 miles from the accident site. He reported first observing the aircraft spinning to the right in a nose-down attitude from an altitude he estimated between 500 to 600 feet agl. He stated that after the aircraft completed two rotations to the right it stopped spinning, but continued in the nose-down attitude to ground impact. The aircraft owner reported that standing operating procedures directed the pilots to disperse the moths while at 500 feet agl and 110 mph. When flying betwee
Probable cause
the pilot-in-command's failure to assure that adequate airspeed was maintained.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
