That's one old airplane.Introduced in 1962 as a fixed gear version of the 210.
It was made till 1964 when it became the 206, with full 6 seating (well ok, two
bigger seats, two smaller seats and kids seats, really), and a bigger engine.
It became highly desired for cargo in Canada and alaska and for short haul
passenger uses worldwide. It is a workhorse, but passenger comfortis last on
its list.
Soif a 205, it probably spent a good part of its life hauling cancelled checks
(remember those) and the like so anyone in the air is likely near the end of
its useful life. This one might have reached that place in a particularly bad
way. And we must be honest, it could have been under maintained. Deregulation
conservatives remember, crashes like this and the 737 maxes are the result of
an agency that has been hounded to reduce enforcement.
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I did manage to find a text-only news article. It doesn't provide much in the
way of details, but it does say that the three occupants were rescued.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2019/10/25/small-airplane-crashes-near-red-creek-airstrip-tonto-national-forest-yavapai-county/2454399001/
>
> Very early this morning there was a news report of a light airplane
>crash to the north. Two news helicopters went to the scene, where they
>found the remains of a Cessna 205 that apparently had crashed after
>takeoff from a fairly rough and narrow dirt strip near the Verde River.
>It was flipped over on it's back and the tail section was missing. There
>were no people nearby.
>
> There are no details to be found in the local news, and I don't think
>they've found anyone yet who was in the aircraft. My guess is that it
>crashed after takeoff and everyone managed to walk away somehow. Here's a
>news item that I found just now, but I cannot look at it on dialup:
>
>https://www.azfamily.com/news/people-saved-from-plane-crash-near-horseshoe-lake-in-tonto/article_037997d2-f736-11e9-a95e-2b0cf3baaefe.html
>
>
> There are a number of marginal (at best) airstrips in the back country
>out here, including one (Ranch 51 on Lime Creek) where you have to fly under
>some high voltage transmission lines. I have a feeling that most of these
>are used by drug runners.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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>Chris
>
>When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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