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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 207 · Brownsville, TX · July 21, 1981

Date
July 21, 1981 · 05:40 local
Place
Brownsville, TX
Airport
Brownsville
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1550U
Reported as
Cessna 207
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,060 total760 in this make and model96 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.

Za engine failed. Landed in field. Found #2 cylinder failure. Pilot struck powerline on approach.

As the FAA filed it

ZA ENGINE FAILED. LANDED IN FIELD. FOUND #2 CYLINDER FAILURE. PILOT STRUCK POWERLINE ON APPROACH.