# Accident 19730417009009A: Cessna TU206F, S.Francisco, CA, April 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1973
- Place: S.Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco Int
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51198, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51198-1994-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,940 total, 64 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVM28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730417009009A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

KNOWN GUSTS TO 34K.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK73DVM28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM28), Apr 17, 1973: Cessna U206 (N51198), S.Francisco, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N51198 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19921115046569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921115046569A), Nov 15, 1992: Cessna TU206F (N51198), Clear Lake, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Engine swallowed a valve and quit. Crashed on vectors to nearby airport. Pieces of valve jammed crankshaft.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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