# Accident 19760821027979A: Cessna 2105, Metaline Falls, WA, August 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1976
- Place: Metaline Falls, WA
- Airport: Sullivan Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 48.8613° N, 117.3719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Metaline Falls, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8613&lon=-117.3719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8204Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8204Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,624 total, 551 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76DYG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760821027979A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GR FORK FAILED.

## 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 SEA76DYG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG72), Aug 21, 1976: Cessna 205 (N8204Z), Metaline Falls, WA, 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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