# Accident 19801019057929A: Cessna U206F, Deadhorse, AK, October 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1980, 21:05 local time
- Place: Deadhorse, AK
- Airport: Deadhorse
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AUIA
- Location: 70.1948° N, 148.4652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEADHORSE (SCC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.1948&lon=-148.4652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59199, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59199-1980-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 639 total, 40 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801019057929A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED DURING SPECIAL VFR APPROACH TO AIRPORT IN FREEZING RAIN. INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE.

## 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 ANC81FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA004), Oct 19, 1980: Cessna U20GF (N59199), Deadhorse, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N59199 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790111000699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790111000699A), Jan 11, 1979: Cessna 206CESSNA (N59199), Prudhoe Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft was blown over by wind as it taxied to the ramp after landing.

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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