# Accident 19780611013909A: Cessna U206C, Austin, TX, June 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1978
- Place: Austin, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29147, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29147-2018-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 294 total, 30 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRG50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780611013909A

## Narrative

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

#6 CYLINDER ROD BROKE ONE HALF INCH FROM PISTON PIN.

## 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 FTW78FRG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRG50), Jun 11, 1978: Cessna U206C (N29147), Austin, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N29147 (2)

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

- [Accident 20010506010069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010506010069A), May 6, 2001: Cessna U206 (N29147), Yamhill, OR, No damage. (.19)On may 6, 2001, approximately 1300 pacific daylight time, the nose gear of a Cessna U206, N29147, collapsed during a hard landing at flying m airstrip,…
- [Accident 19730601016469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730601016469A), Jun 1, 1973: Cessna U206C (N29147), Little River, SC, Substantial damage. R fuel tank empty l tank contained abt 2 1/4IN of fuel. Lndd on hwy 10MI short of arpt hit rd sign.

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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