# Accident 19760531024959A: Cessna T210H, Indianapolis, IN, May 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1976
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Weir Cook
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2242R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2242R-2010-09-15) (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: 2,020 total, 402 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760531024959A

## Narrative

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

MAINT NOT PERFORMED DUE PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. TURBOCHARGER WASTE GATE DID NOT ACTUATE.

## 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 CHI76FEA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA36), May 31, 1976: Cessna T210H (N2242R), Indianapolis, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2242R (1)

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

- [Accident 20090905017019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090905017019A), Sep 5, 2009: Cessna T210H (N2242R), Avalon, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing at avx, the pilot reported that he incurred a downdraft just prior to flare on runway 22. The a/c made a hard landing, at the taxiway edge…

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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