# Accident 19790805042939A: Cessna 206CESSNA, AK, August 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1979
- Place: AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N734YS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734YS-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,775 total, 0 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805042939A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED VFR ON DARK NIGHT WITH LOW CEILING & RAIN. BECAME MISSING. FOUND PILOT'S BODY FLOATING IN COOK INLET.

## 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 ANC79FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA077), Aug 5, 1979: Cessna 206 (N734YS), Ivan Slough, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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