# Accident 19781023040599A: Cessna TU206A, Hooper Bay, AK, October 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1978
- Place: Hooper Bay, AK
- Airport: Hooper Bay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 61.5239° N, 166.1466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOOPER BAY (HPB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5239&lon=-166.1466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4SF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4SF-1981-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206B (registry code 2073322, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,602 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781023040599A

## Narrative

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

GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS.

## 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 ANC79DAG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG17), Oct 23, 1978: Cessna U206A (N4SF), Hooper Bay, AK, substantial damage

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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