# Accident 19790519031839A: Cessna U206C, Kustatan, AK, May 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1979, 09:20 local time
- Place: Kustatan, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7158° N, 151.7475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kustatan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7158&lon=-151.7475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29029, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29029-1982-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total, 28 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790519031839A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT. ATTEMPTED LANDING IN CLEARING. HIT ROUGH GROUND. FLIPPED OVER. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

## 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 ANC79DAG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG55), May 19, 1979: Cessna 206 (N29029), Kustatan, 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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