# Accident 19810202002859A: Cessna U206, Sacramento, CA, February 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Notomas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N184V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N184V-1991-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206D (registry code 2073342, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,661 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810202002859A

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. RUNWAY NOT LIGHTED.

## 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 LAX81DVG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG17), Feb 2, 1981: Cessna U206 (N184V), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N184V (1)

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

- [Accident 19881017046689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881017046689A), Oct 17, 1988: Cessna U206D (N184V), Brush, CO, Destroyed. Engine quit while taxiing to ramp. Backfired during restart. Burned aircraft. Fire began near firewall. Fuel fed.

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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