# Accident 19791126036939A: Cessna U206G, Springbrook Twp, PA, November 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1979, 01:13 local time
- Place: Springbrook Twp, PA
- Airport: Wilkes Barre
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N732HT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732HT-1981-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791126036939A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT TREES WHILE CIRCLING FOR A NIGHT LDG AT A SMALL AIRPORT IN HILLY, WOODED TERRAIN. WX LOW CLEILING AND RAIN

## 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 NYC80FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA013), Nov 26, 1979: Cessna U206G (N732HT), Springbrook, PA, destroyed

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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