# Accident 19800916042219A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Mc Allen, TX, September 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Mc Allen, TX
- Airport: Miller International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2034° N, 98.2300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAllen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2034&lon=-98.2300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8495Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8495Q-1996-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 286 total, 12 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRG72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800916042219A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT APPROACHING DESTINATION. CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY. FOUND WATER AND DIRT IN FUEL SYSTEM.

## 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 FTW80DRG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRG72), Sep 16, 1980: Cessna TU206F (N8495Q), Mcallen, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8495Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19781111021319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781111021319I), Nov 11, 1978: Cessna 206CESSNA (N8495Q), Hollywood, FL, Minor damage. Pilot landed short of runway after tower informed him of smoke coming from engine. Rich mixture caused smoke.

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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