# Accident 19760321030709A: Cessna 210D, Hot Springs, AR, March 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1976
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Hot Springs Memor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 34.5037° N, 93.0552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hot Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5037&lon=-93.0552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3988Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 240 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760321030709A

## Narrative

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

PLT STARTD ENG BY HAND CRANKNG PROP.ACFT BECAME AIRBORN WITH NON PLT PASS ABRD.CRASHD DURNG LNDNG

## 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 FTW76AF075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF075), Mar 21, 1976: Cessna 210D (N3988Y), Hot Springs, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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