# Accident 19800601023939A: Cessna T207, Furnace Creek, CA, June 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Furnace Creek, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4580° N, 116.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Furnace Creek, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4580&lon=-116.8709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1535U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1535U-1981-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207 (registry code 2073612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800601023939A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT REPORTED MISSING AND CRASH WAS FOUND 2 DAYS LATER. PILOT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED.

## 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 LAX80FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA103), Jun 1, 1980: Cessna T207 (N1535U), Furnace Creek, CA, destroyed, 6 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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