# Accident 19790915025019A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Southhold, NY, September 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1979, 16:06 local time
- Place: Southhold, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N60574 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,425 total, 230 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FHJ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHJ28-133605) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790915025019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE DOWNWIND LANDING ON WATER, RUN UP ON BEACH AND FLIPPED OVER INVERTED.

## 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 NYC79FHJ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHJ28-133605), Sep 15, 1979: Cessna U206 (N60574), Southold, NY, 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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