# Incident 19790712020569I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Clarksville, TX, July 12, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: Clarksville, TX
- Airport: Red River Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6110° N, 95.0563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarksville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6110&lon=-95.0563&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2561X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2561X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206 (registry code 2073304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790712020569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE HARD LANDING COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N2561X (1)

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

- [Incident 19860803042289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860803042289I), Aug 3, 1986: Cessna P206 (N2561X), Brownsville, OR, 1 fatal. Pvc handle separated from chute. Jumper impacted ground. Parachute overdue for repacking.

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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