# Accident 19780407008769A: Cessna TU206A, Imperial, CA, April 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1978
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Airport: Imperial Co.Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 32.8342° N, 115.5787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMPERIAL COUNTY (IPL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8342&lon=-115.5787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8619Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8619Z-2005-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206B (registry code 2073309, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206b) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,269 total, 1,069 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DUM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUM20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780407008769A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING 25-35K.PROP,FIREWALL DMGD.

## 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 LAX78DUM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUM20), Apr 7, 1978: Cessna 206 (N8619Z), Imperial, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8619Z (3)

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

- [Accident 20041024027329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041024027329A), Oct 24, 2004: Cessna P206B (N8619Z), Taylorville, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) This aircraft operated by mid america sport parachute club, inc. of Taylorville, IL. Was conducting parachute operations over the Taylorville airport at…
- [Incident 19981211045629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981211045629I), Dec 11, 1998: Cessna P206B (N8619Z), Naples, FL. Attachment states: on dec. 11, 1998, Mr. Urs spenger, pilot certificate 2482092, was pilot in command of aircraft N8619Z, a Cessna 206-P206B, cleared to land…
- [Incident 19860509038889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860509038889I), May 9, 1986: Cessna P206 (N8619Z), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft veered as nose wheel was lowered on rollout. Departed runway side and nosed down in soft soil.

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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