# Accident 19790911043319A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Grand Junction, CO, September 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8301Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8301Q-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 182 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790911043319A

## Narrative

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

HIGH FOR LANDING ON DIRT ROAD. BEGAN GO-AROUND, FLAPS STAYED DOWN. HIT TREES. MALADJUSTED DOOR/FLAP MICRO SWITCH.

## 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 DEN79FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA060), Sep 11, 1979: Cessna 206 (N8301Q), Grand Junction, CO, 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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