# Accident 19780225037749A: Cessna TU206A, Yoder, CO, February 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1978
- Place: Yoder, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 38.8394° N, 104.2219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yoder, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8394&lon=-104.2219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5205U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5205U-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 69 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780225037749A

## Narrative

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

WX BRIEFINGS RECVD BY RADIO,TELEPHONE & IN PERSON.

## 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 DEN78FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA026), Feb 25, 1978: Cessna 206 (N5205U), Yoder, CO, destroyed, 5 fatal

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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