# Accident 19730522013119A: Cessna 210A, Ekalaka, MT, May 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1973
- Place: Ekalaka, MT
- Airport: Ekalaka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 45.8765° N, 104.5376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EKALAKA (97M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8765&lon=-104.5376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6660X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6660X-1983-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 920 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73FTA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73FTA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730522013119A

## Narrative

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

INTERNAL FLUID LEAKAGE IN GR ACTUATING BODY CYL. GR WARNING HORN AND LDG GR WARNING LTS INOP.

## 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 SEA73FTA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73FTA08), May 22, 1973: Cessna 210 (N6660X), Ekalaka, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6660X (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820528021989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528021989A), May 28, 1982: Cessna 210A (N6660X), Davis Dam, AZ, Destroyed. As aircraft was landing,a pick-up truck pulled on runway. In attempt to go-around,aircraft crashed off end runway.
- [Incident 19781214025139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781214025139I), Dec 14, 1978: Cessna 210 (N6660X), Chapel Hill, NC, Minor damage. Mechanic taxiing aircraft struck a parked plane. Stated left main gear wheel brake cylinder seal had failed.

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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