# Accident 19790831025029A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Wheatland, WY, August 31, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1979, 07:15 local time
- Place: Wheatland, WY
- Airport: Phifer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0555° N, 104.9283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHIFER AIRFIELD (EAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0555&lon=-104.9283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71900, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71900) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (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: 1,224 total, 138 in this make and model, 320 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DTC26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790831025029A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO STOP AT END OF RWY WHILE TAXING ON SAME FOR TAKEOFF. FACTORS; BLINDED BY SUN. FAILED TO STOP.

## 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 DEN79DTC26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC26), Aug 31, 1979: Cessna U206A (N71900), Wheatland, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N71900 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810616033189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810616033189A), Jun 16, 1981: Cessna U206C (N71900), Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Unable to correct bounces on runway on landing. Started goaround, aborted. Ran off end runway and overturned.

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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