# Accident 19791003040089A: Cessna 207, Juneau, AK, October 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1979, 12:13 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 58.3019° N, 134.4197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Juneau, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3019&lon=-134.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1726U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1726U-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,623 total, 20 in this make and model, 340 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791003040089A

## Narrative

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

PLANE WAS SEEN SPINNING OUT OF CLOUDS TOO LOW TO THE GROUND TO RECOVER. TOXICOLGY ALCOHOL TEST POSITIVE.

## 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 ANC80FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA001), Oct 3, 1979: Cessna 207 (N1726U), Juneau, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N1726U (1)

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

- [Incident 19780510033179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780510033179I), May 10, 1978: Cessna 207 (N1726U), Echo Cove, AK, Minor damage. Emergency landing after engine failed. Cause undetermined.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.