# Accident 19790216014249A: Cessna 2105, Mobile, AL, February 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8296Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8296Z-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,132 total, 472 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790216014249A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF WITH GUST LOCK IN PLACE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8296Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20141204024039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141204024039A), Dec 4, 2014: Cessna 210-5(205) (N8296Z), Sussex, NJ, Substantial damage. Pilot departed runway 21 when at about 1000' AGL the engine began surging and was not developing power,the pilot returned to the airport overshot the runway…
- [Incident 19790407012679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790407012679I), Apr 7, 1979: Cessna 2105 (N8296Z), Rochelle, IL, Minor damage. Pilot left his airplane, unattended, not chocked, with the engine running. It moved into a fuel pump

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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