# Accident 19751130038879A: Cessna 210G, Gastonia, NC, November 30, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1975
- Place: Gastonia, NC
- Airport: Gastonia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.2026° N, 81.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GASTONIA MUNI (AKH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2026&lon=-81.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5863F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5863F-2009-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,053 total, 4,053 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FKM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKM19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751130038879A

## Narrative

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

PLT ACTUATED GR LEVER SVL TIMES,LEFT IN UP PSN.GR WARN HORN 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 IAD76FKM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKM19), Nov 30, 1975: Cessna 210 (N5863F), Gastonia, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5863F (1)

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

- [Incident 20040228006599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040228006599I), Feb 28, 2004: Cessna 210G (N5863F), Rockford, IL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was on a return trip to his base of operations, Rockford airport, Illinois, when he noticed that the landing gears would not extend fully for his…

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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