# Accident 19740314007229A: Cessna 210H, Rocky Ford, CO, March 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1974
- Place: Rocky Ford, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.0499° N, 103.7221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rocky Ford, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0499&lon=-103.7221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6150R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6150R-1974-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210F (registry code 2073422, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 0 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740314007229A

## Narrative

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

GR DOWN,FLAPS MID-RANGE.HIT GND 1ST WITH L WING TIP,CARTWHEELED.420LB MARIJUANA ONBD.RCVRD 3/17/74

## 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 DEN74AD044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD044), Mar 14, 1974: Cessna T210F (N6150R), Rocky Ford, CO, destroyed, 1 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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