# Accident 19810126018609A: Cessna U206F, Clark'S Point, AK, January 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Clark'S Point, AK
- Airport: Clark'S Point
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 58.8337° N, 158.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLARKS POINT (CLP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8337&lon=-158.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8279Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8279Q-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,035 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810126018609A

## Narrative

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

WEATHER DETERIORATED RAPIDLY NEARING AIRPORT. STALLED, TURNING BASE DUE TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

## 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 ANC81DA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA020), Jan 26, 1981: Cessna U206 (N8279Q), Clarks Point, AK, substantial damage

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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