# Accident 19810709039539A: Cessna 411, Columbus, GA, July 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1981, 21:56 local time
- Place: Columbus, GA
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4610° N, 84.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, GA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4610&lon=-84.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7007R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7007R-2013-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 0 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810709039539A

## Narrative

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

UNLIGHTED AIRCRAFT LOW OVER RESIDENTIAL AREA. STRUCK TREES AND HOUSES. EXPIRED STUDENT PERMIT. ALTERNATORS WERE OFF

## 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 ATL81FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA093), Jul 9, 1981: Cessna 411 (N7007R), Columbus, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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