# Accident 19780730041469A: Cessna TU206A, Bettles, AK, July 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1978
- Place: Bettles, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 66.9073° N, 151.5381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bettles, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.9073&lon=-151.5381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1041V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1041V-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,671 total, 80 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780730041469A

## Narrative

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

VACUM PUMP REPORTED TO BE INOPERATIVE.

## 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 ANC78FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA062), Jul 30, 1978: Cessna U206F (N1041V), Bettles, AK, destroyed, 1 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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