# Accident 19770319025949A: Cessna T210L, Atkins, IA, March 19, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1977
- Place: Atkins, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.9942° N, 91.8587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atkins, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9942&lon=-91.8587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2231S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2231S-1977-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,566 total, 79 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770319025949A

## Narrative

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

VACUUM PUMP VANES SEIZED IN FLT CAUSING SHAFT TO SHEAR.

## 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 MKC77FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FA017), Mar 19, 1977: Cessna T210L (N2231S), Atkins, IA, destroyed, 3 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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