Accident Cessna TU206G N4769U, Wednesday 14 June 1989

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Date:	Wednesday 14 June 1989
Time:	15:30 LT
Type:	Cessna TU206G
Owner/operator:	Lake Mead Air Inc.
Registration:	N4769U
MSN:	U20605093
Year of manufacture:	1979
Total airframe hrs:	2999 hours
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-520-M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Las Vegas, NV - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Grand Canyon, AZ
Destination airport:	Las Vegas, NV (KLAS)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED AND THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. AS THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO A TAXIWAY, A GUST OF WIND PICKED THE AIRPLANE UP AND TURNED IT 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AS THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED ACROSS THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST IN A DRAINAGE DITCH. DUST DEVILS WERE REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT.

Probable Cause: THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AS A RESULT OF GUSTING WIND CONDITIONS.

Accident investigation: