# Accident 19780720021899A: Cessna 207A, Dry Bay, AK, July 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1978
- Place: Dry Bay, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N7ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7ME-1997-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,054 total, 1,054 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FAD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FAD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780720021899A

## 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 ANC78FAD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FAD05), Jul 20, 1978: Cessna 207 (N7ME), Dry Bay, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7ME (1)

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

- [Accident 19920729034409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920729034409A), Jul 29, 1992: Cessna 207 (N7ME), Yakutat, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into cloud obscured mountain. Report that pilot scud run frequently and pulled up VFR into clouds en route.

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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