# Accident 19790511024889A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Bad Axe, MI, May 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1979, 19:38 local time
- Place: Bad Axe, MI
- Airport: Huron Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7802° N, 82.9854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HURON COUNTY MEML (BAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7802&lon=-82.9854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5031U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 5 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790511024889A

## Narrative

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

ENG. STOP. ON TAKEOFF. LNDED OFF END OF RWY. FLIPPED OVER. ENG. POOR COMPRESSION,FOREIGN MATERIAL IN CYL.

## 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 CHI79DEC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC23), May 11, 1979: Cessna 206 (N5031U), Bad Axe, MI, 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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