19791008042439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 207 · Anchorage, AK · October 8, 1979

Date
October 8, 1979 · 16:07 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6424H
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC80DA002
Reported as
Cessna 207
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
11,120 total540 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft crashed into hangar right after takeoff. Water was found in fuel storage facilities of operator.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HANGAR RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. WATER WAS FOUND IN FUEL STORAGE FACILITIES OF OPERATOR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.