# Accident 19791209036059A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Hobbs, NM, December 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1979, 04:00 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6873° N, 103.2175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEA COUNTY RGNL (HOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6873&lon=-103.2175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735VE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735VE-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,284 total, 805 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DQG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DQG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209036059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DESCENDED BELOW DH DURING ILS APPROACH IN ZERO ZERO WEATHER. HIT GROUND 1/2 MI PARALLEL & RIGHT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 DEN80DQG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DQG03), Dec 9, 1979: Cessna 206 (N735VE), Hobbs, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N735VE (1)

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

- [Accident 19890313004759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890313004759A), Mar 13, 1989: Cessna TU206G (N735VE), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Overcompensated for left gusty crosswind, veered right failed to abort, went through fence, flipped over in a lake.

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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