# Accident 19810928063499A: Cessna P206E, Washington, NC, September 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1981, 19:55 local time
- Place: Washington, NC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5647° N, 77.0478° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5647&lon=-77.0478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5715J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5715J-2013-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206E (registry code 2073346, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,641 total, 234 in this make and model, 184 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FLJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLJ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810928063499A

## Narrative

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

VEHICLE HEADLIGHT ON DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY BLINDED PILOT LANDING ON UNLIGHTED STRIP. STRUCK TREES IN GOAROUND.

## 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 ATL81FLJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLJ18), Sep 28, 1981: Cessna P206E (N5715J), Wilmar, NC, 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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