# Accident 19750522012039A: Cessna 210A, Porterville, CA, May 22, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1975
- Place: Porterville, CA
- Airport: Porterville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.0296° N, 119.0627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTERVILLE MUNI (PTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0296&lon=-119.0627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9462X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9462X-2001-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 952 total, 180 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75FVA64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVA64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750522012039A

## Narrative

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

PLT DISTRACTED BY HEAVY EQUIP NR RWY.

## 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 OAK75FVA64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVA64), May 22, 1975: Cessna 210A (N9462X), Porterville, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9462X (1)

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

- [Accident 20010528019329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010528019329A), May 28, 2001: Cessna 210A (N9462X), Ramona, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (.19) On may 28, 2001, at 1149 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 210A, N9462X, was destroyed when it crashed in hilly terrain 5 miles east of escondido,…

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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