# Accident 19790119011499A: Cessna U206G, Cape Romanzoff, AK, January 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1979, 16:28 local time
- Place: Cape Romanzoff, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4970C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4970C-2012-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790119011499A

## Narrative

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

WITTNESS HEARD THE AIRCRAFT FLY OVER IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS,THEN SILENCE.

## 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 ANC79FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA033), Jan 19, 1979: Cessna U206 (N4970C), Cape Romanzof, 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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