35.6151° N, 87.0353° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, TN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 26, 1980 · 19:00 local
Place
Columbia, TN
Airport
Mount Pleasant
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1586U
Reported as
Cessna 207
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total1,300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot found injured in his hanger, airplane one half mile away, damaged.a magneto ground wire was found to be broke
As the FAA filed it
PILOT FOUND INJURED IN HIS HANGER, AIRPLANE ONE HALF MILE AWAY, DAMAGED.A MAGNETO GROUND WIRE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKE