# Accident 19780520036449A: Cessna 2105, Phoenix, AZ, May 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1978
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8389Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8389Z-2018-03-01) (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
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 15 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUJ58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUJ58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780520036449A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX78FUJ58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUJ58), May 20, 1978: Cessna 210-5 (N8389Z), Phoenix, AZ, 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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