# Accident 19791008042439A: Cessna 207, Anchorage, AK, October 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1979, 16:07 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6424H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6424H-1982-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 11,120 total, 540 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791008042439A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ANC80DA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA002), Oct 8, 1979: Cessna 207A (N6424H), Anchorage, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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