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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 207A · Victoria, Mexico · February 16, 1985

Date
February 16, 1985 · 09:00 local
Place
Victoria, Mexico
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N75882
Reported as
Cessna 207A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,000 in this make and model275 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.

Fired on by unknown aircraft above. Bullets hit fuel tank and wing spar. Unloaded cargo, fueled one tank, returned.

As the FAA filed it

FIRED ON BY UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT ABOVE. BULLETS HIT FUEL TANK AND WING SPAR. UNLOADED CARGO, FUELED ONE TANK, RETURNED.