# Accident 19790804024179A: Cessna TU206A, Ft Collins, CO, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Ft Collins, CO
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4862F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4862F-2012-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206A (registry code 2073318, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804024179A

## Narrative

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

RUBBER-LIKE MATERIAL IN ENGINE-DRIVEN FUEL PUMP. WIRES TO BOOST PUMP FRAYED. ENGINE FAILED WHEN BOOST TURNED ON.

## 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 DEN79FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA053), Aug 4, 1979: Cessna TU206 (N4862F), Ft Collins, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4862F (3)

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

- [Accident 19810417017881A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417017881A), Apr 17, 1981: Cessna 206CESSNA (N4862F), Loveland, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Failed to see and avoid climbing unreported parachute aircraft N1136Q. ATC faulty procedures for FAR 105 operation.
- [Incident 19810222013479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810222013479I), Feb 22, 1981: Cessna TU206* (N4862F), Loveland, CO, 1 fatal. Zx sky diver failed to open chute as instructed. May have had faulty altitude alerter.
- [Accident 19740731023839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740731023839A), Jul 31, 1974: Cessna TU206A (N4862F), La Vida Msn, NM, Substantial damage. Lndd midway down rwy.

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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