# Accident 19730331006289A: Cessna 210H, Solvang, CA, March 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1973
- Place: Solvang, CA
- Airport: Santa Ynez
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 34.6068° N, 120.0760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Santa Ynez Airport (IZA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6068&lon=-120.0760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6801R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6801R-1973-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210G (registry code 2073432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73AL047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730331006289A

## Narrative

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

VOR APCH OVR MTNS,TOPS OBSCD.ANOTHER PLT IN VCNTY REPORTED STEADY,SIGNIFICANT DOWNDRAFTS.

## 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 LAX73AL047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL047), Mar 31, 1973: Cessna T210G (N6801R), Solvang, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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