# Accident 19810509026619A: Cessna 207A, Marshall, AK, May 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1981, 11:35 local time
- Place: Marshall, AK
- Airport: Marshall
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COAA
- Location: 61.8712° N, 162.0631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marshall, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8712&lon=-162.0631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6874M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6874M-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810509026619A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHEN PILOT ABORTED LANDING AND ATTEMPTED GO AROUND. FACTOR WAS TURBULENCE.

## 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 ANC81DA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA052), May 9, 1981: Cessna 207A (N6874M), Marshall, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6874M (2)

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

- [Accident 19981008045999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981008045999A), Oct 8, 1998: Cessna 207A (N6874M), Napaskiak, AK, Substantial damage. (.4) The certificated airline transport pilot, with one passenger, was departing for another airport about 5 miles away. During the takeoff run, the engine…
- [Incident 19970703024499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970703024499I), Jul 3, 1997: Cessna 207A (N6874M), Borough, AK, Minor damage. Taxied for takeoff short soft strip. Became stuck. Got loose. Slow speed lift off. Settled in water off end strip.

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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