# Accident 19760805023739A: Cessna 210L, Mobile, AL, August 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1976
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2226S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2226S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 30 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DKJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKJ91) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760805023739A

## Narrative

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

PLT ON L BASE,CLOSE TO TURNING FINAL,WHEN TURNED OVR TO TWR CTL BY APCH CTL.

## 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 MIA76DKJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKJ91), Aug 5, 1976: Cessna 210L (N2226S), Mobile, AL, substantial damage

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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