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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna T207A · Exuma, Bahamas · September 14, 1983

Date
September 14, 1983 · 19:30 local
Place
Exuma, Bahamas
Airport
Staniel Cay
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78141
Reported as
Cessna T207A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520M
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,329 total185 in this make and model60 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.

Lost directional control trying to go around due to turbulence. Struck a rocky ridge. Control lock blocked pedal.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TRYING TO GO AROUND DUE TO TURBULENCE. STRUCK A ROCKY RIDGE. CONTROL LOCK BLOCKED PEDAL.