# Accident 19740731023839A: Cessna TU206A, La Vida Msn, NM, July 31, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1974
- Place: La Vida Msn, NM
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Aircraft: N4862F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4862F-2012-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206A (registry code 2073318, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 21 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75DQA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DQA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740731023839A

## Narrative

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

LNDD MIDWAY DOWN RWY.

## 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 DEN75DQA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DQA10), Jul 31, 1974: Cessna 206 (N4862F), La Vida Msn, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4862F (3)

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

- [Accident 19810417017881A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417017881A), Apr 17, 1981: Cessna 206CESSNA (N4862F), Loveland, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Failed to see and avoid climbing unreported parachute aircraft N1136Q. ATC faulty procedures for FAR 105 operation.
- [Incident 19810222013479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810222013479I), Feb 22, 1981: Cessna TU206* (N4862F), Loveland, CO, 1 fatal. Zx sky diver failed to open chute as instructed. May have had faulty altitude alerter.
- [Accident 19790804024179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804024179A), Aug 4, 1979: Cessna TU206A (N4862F), Ft Collins, CO, Substantial damage. Rubber-like material in engine-driven fuel pump. Wires to boost pump frayed. Engine failed when boost turned on.

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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