| Crash location | 37.056389°N, 110.085555°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Page, AZ
36.908600°N, 111.473491°W 77.3 miles away |
| Tail number | N71001 |
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| Accident date | 23 Jun 2017 |
| Aircraft type | Cessna U206F |
| Additional details: | None |
On June 23, 2017, about 1600 mountain standard time, a Cessna U206F airplane, N71001, sustained substantial damage after the pilot executed a precautionary landing about 28 miles southeast of Page, Arizona. The two commercial pilots and four passengers were not injured. The airplane was registered to, and operated by, American Aviation Inc. as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 scenic flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and a company VFR flight plan had been filed. The flight originated from Page, Arizona.
The pilot in command (PIC) reported that while returning to the airport at 7,500 feet, the airplane would no longer climb; it then slowly started to descend at about 350 feet per minute. Unable to stop the descent, the pilots attempted to troubleshoot the problem, but to no avail. The PIC initiated a precautionary landing onto a dirt road. About 125 feet above the ground, the co-pilot took control of the airplane and landed softly onto the road. During the landing roll, the airplane's left wing impacted juniper bushes before it came to rest. As the pilots retarded the throttle to idle, the throttle handle came out of the control panel along with about two feet of throttle cable.
The airplane has been recovered to a secure location for further examination.