# Accident 19810425019089A: Cessna TU206*, Beaumont, TX, April 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3414L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3414L-2012-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206B (registry code 2073324, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 564 total, 9 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810425019089A

## Narrative

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

FULL NOSE DOWN TRIM FOR JUMPER LOAD. AIRPLANE NOSE-DIVED AFTER JUMPERS LEFT. JUMP DOOR CAME OFF, BLOCKED ELEVATOR.

## 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 FTW81FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA079), Apr 25, 1981: Cessna TU206B (N3414L), Beaumont, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N3414L (1)

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

- [Accident 19750623017869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750623017869A), Jun 23, 1975: Cessna TU206B (N3414L), Imperial, CA, Substantial damage. Nr 3 cyl conrod bolts failed. Plt lnd on narrow desert.

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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