# Accident 19751005032419A: Cessna TU206A, Saluda, VA, October 5, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1975
- Place: Saluda, VA
- Airport: Hummel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 37.6036° N, 76.4465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUMMEL FLD (W75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6036&lon=-76.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5071U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5071U-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,555 total, 160 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FID12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751005032419A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 IAD76FID12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID12), Oct 5, 1975: Cessna 206 (N5071U), Saluda, VA, destroyed

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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