# Accident 19770925040609A: Cessna 210L, Smithville, TN, September 25, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1977
- Place: Smithville, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.9584° N, 85.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9584&lon=-85.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2199S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2199S-1978-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 624 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770925040609A

## Narrative

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

GENERAL DISINTEGRATION

## 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 IAD77FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA068), Sep 25, 1977: Cessna 210L (N2199S), Smithville, TN, destroyed, 2 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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