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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna P210N · Fallon, NV · March 2, 1981

Date
March 2, 1981 · 08:13 local
Place
Fallon, NV
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MAVA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N77FB
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FA051
Reported as
Cessna P210N
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,971 total1,505 in this make and model366 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 continued VFR flight into mountainous terrain in deteriorating weather conditions.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.