# Accident 19730816026109A: Cessna 210D, Spokane, WA, August 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1973
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3968Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3968Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,320 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74DVG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DVG12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730816026109A

## Narrative

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

R GR HINGE BRACKET FAILED DRG GR RETRACTION.PAX REMOVED GR ENRTE.LNDD WITH NOSE & L GR DOWN.

## 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 SEA74DVG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DVG12), Aug 16, 1973: Cessna 210C (N3968Y), Spokane, WA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.