# Accident 19760311010589A: Cessna U206F, Columbia, MO, March 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1976
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Airport: Columbia Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.8177° N, 92.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA RGNL (COU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8177&lon=-92.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8268Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8268Q-2013-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,166 total, 105 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760311010589A

## Narrative

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

CARGO DOORS CAME OPEN IN FLT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE.DOOR NOT PROPERLY LATCHED

## 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 MKC76AK051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK051), Mar 11, 1976: Cessna U206F (N8268Q), Columbia, MO, substantial damage

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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