# Accident 19800720029379A: Cessna U206B, Charlotte, MI, July 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Charlotte, MI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5662° N, 84.8318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5662&lon=-84.8318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3830G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3830G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206B (registry code 2073322, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,210 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEM35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800720029379A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO GO AROUND FROM PRIVATE STRIP. ENGINE QUIT. CRASH-LANDED OFF STRIP. FOUND PIECES OF PLASTIC BAG IN FUEL.

## 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 CHI80FEM35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM35), Jul 20, 1980: Cessna U206B (N3830G), Charlotte, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3830G (2)

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

- [Accident 20120401003999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120401003999A), Apr 1, 2012: Cessna U206B (N3830G), Winterset, IA, Substantial damage. Pilot and sky divers took off from the Winterset, Iowa, airport at approximately 1500L time. Aircraft was flying a predominately north heading and on the climb…
- [Incident 20040612013589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040612013589I), Jun 12, 2004: Cessna U206B (N3830G), Bay City, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that engine sputtered in the turn to final on 36. A go-around was not attempted when aircraft drifted to the right, landing on the grass.…

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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