# Accident 19791005027079A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Lander, WY, October 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lander, WY
- Airport: Hunt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8154° N, 108.7286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNT FLD (LND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8154&lon=-108.7286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35824 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 350 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791005027079A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TO DROP NOTES TO GROUND CREW REGARDS CATTLE SEARCH. HIT TREES. FLEW BACK TO AIRPORT. LANDED SAFELY.

## 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 DEN80FTC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC01), Oct 5, 1979: Cessna TU206F (N35824), Lander, WY, 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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