Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, Aug 21, 1986 (6 killed)
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on August 21, 1986 near Mt Steens, Oregon, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: The pilot flew low inside a...
- Date: August 21, 1986
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: Mt Steens, Oregon, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot flew low inside a canyon outside the mission profile and climbed toward rising terrain while slightly over gross weight in high density altitude. He then stalled and spun while turning at the end of the gorge, and had about 13 hours in type.
Cessna T207A Turbo Skywagon N73569, a charter flight from McDermitt State Airport to Burns, Oregon, crashed on Steens Mountain near Frenchglen on 21 August 1986. All six occupants died, five of them federal survey team members from the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service, and the aircraft was destroyed.