# Incident 19790327011719I: Cessna 207, Las Vegas, NV, March 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1979, 09:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1551U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1551U-2018-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207 (registry code 2073612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: TCM Cont TSIO-520 series (registry code 17060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/tcm-cont-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,275 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790327011719I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED SEVER TURBULANCE NEAR MT WILSON AT 6500 FT.

## 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 OAK79DA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DA022), Mar 27, 1979: Cessna 207 (N1551U), Boulder, NV, no 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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