# Accident 19810628036499A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Elberta, AL, June 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Elberta, AL
- Airport: Horak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4692° N, 87.5439° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HORAK (7AL9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4692&lon=-87.5439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5277U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,343 total, 104 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKJ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810628036499A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH FOR LANDING, PILOT SWITCHED TANKS ENGINE RE-STARTED THEN QUIT AGAIN ON GO-AROUND.

## 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 ATL81FKJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKJ38), Jun 28, 1981: Cessna U206 (N5277U), Elberta, AL, destroyed

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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