# Accident 19800319009389A: Cessna U206G, York, AL, March 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: York, AL
- Airport: Mallard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5003° N, 88.2695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mallard Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5003&lon=-88.2695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756SM-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 78 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800319009389A

## Narrative

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

RAINY DARK NIGHT. PILOT MADE RIGHT TURN OVER DARK TERRAIN TO LINE UP WITH RUNWAY. FLEW AIRCRAFT INTO GROUND.

## 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 MIA80FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA049), Mar 19, 1980: Cessna U206 (N756SM), York, AL, destroyed, 2 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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