# Accident 19781022038219A: Cessna TU206A, Gila Bend, AZ, October 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1978
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 32.9602° N, 112.6736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILA BEND MUNI (E63), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9602&lon=-112.6736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7520N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7520N-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781022038219A

## 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 LAX79DUJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ08), Oct 22, 1978: Cessna TU206G (N7520N), Gila Bend, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7520N (1)

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

- [Incident 19950411010669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950411010669I), Apr 11, 1995: Cessna U206 (N7520N), Mc Call, ID, Minor damage. Narrative: Mr. Dorris had just finished dropping off some cargo and picking up some mail at two other back-country airstrips when he decided to demonstrate a…

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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