# Accident 19811120079179A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Silver City, NM, November 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1981, 14:50 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Turner Ridgeport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7420° N, 108.2880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Turner Ridgeport Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7420&lon=-108.2880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4694Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4694Z-1994-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 431 total, 346 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82DQD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DQD08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811120079179A

## Narrative

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

LANDED HARD ON UPHILL SLOPE. BOUNCED, CAME DOWN ON NOSE WHEEL. IMPACT BLEW OUT NOSE WHEEL TIRE.

## 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 FTW82DQD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DQD08), Nov 20, 1981: Cessna 206 (N4694Z), Silver City, NM, substantial damage

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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