# Accident 19760117000659A: Cessna T210H, Odessa, TX, January 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1976
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Ector County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6944R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6944R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210H (registry code 2073438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,750 total, 910 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DQG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760117000659A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW76DQG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG49), Jan 17, 1976: Cessna T210H (N6944R), Odessa, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6944R (1)

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

- [Incident 20070428011549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070428011549I), Apr 28, 2007: Cessna T210H (N6944R), Brunswick, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot noticed some smoke coming into the cockpit. Attempted to drop the landing gear down using both normal and the emergency pump. He stated that both…

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.