# Accident 19800912041709A: Cessna 207, Fairbanks, AK, September 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1657U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1657U-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,165 total, 108 in this make and model, 265 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800912041709A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED OFF RUNWAY. NOSED OVER. FOUND WATER 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 ANC80FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA099), Sep 12, 1980: Cessna 207 (N1657U), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1657U (1)

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

- [Accident 19760926033719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760926033719A), Sep 26, 1976: Cessna 207 (N1657U), Cir.Hot Spngs, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to avoid trees while buzzing a moose. Had been drinking bfor flt.

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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