# Accident 19760316005539A: Cessna T210H, Dothan, AL, March 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1976
- Place: Dothan, AL
- Airport: Dothan Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 31.3210° N, 85.4495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOTHAN RGNL (DHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3210&lon=-85.4495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2216R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2216R-2016-04-22) (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: 1,640 total, 940 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760316005539A

## Narrative

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

PRE-EXISTING CRACK FOUND IN LDG GEAR SADDLE FITTING CLAMP.

## 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 MIA76AM073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM073), Mar 16, 1976: Cessna 210H (N2216R), Dothan, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2216R (2)

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

- [Incident 19920805035789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920805035789I), Aug 5, 1992: Cessna T210H (N2216R), Eagle, CO, Minor damage. Pilot elected to abort takeoff after liftoff. Landed on remaining runway. Gear collapsed. Not fully extended.
- [Accident 19730323006679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730323006679A), Mar 23, 1973: Cessna 210H (N2216R), Henderson, KY, Substantial damage. Acft t/d with excess speed abt 500FT from apch end of rwy. Nosewheel entrd area of new dirt,grass.

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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