# Accident 19740818034759A: Cessna 210F, Orlando, FL, August 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1974
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Herndon Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1966S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1966S-2007-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210F (registry code 2073418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,762 total, 367 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75FLD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FLD13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740818034759A

## Narrative

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

PLT THOUGHT HE PLACED GR SELECTOR IN DWN PSN.

## 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 MIA75FLD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FLD13), Aug 18, 1974: Cessna 210F (N1966S), Orlando, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1966S (1)

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

- [Accident 20060414005929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060414005929A), Apr 14, 2006: Cessna 210F (N1966S), Slaton, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On April 14, 2006, at approximately 1455 CDT, N1966S, a Cessna model 210F, serial number 210-58737, was destroyed by a fire following an inflight fire…

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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