# Incident 19780214006519I: Cessna 210L, Pocahontas, IA, February 14, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1978, 17:00 local time
- Place: Pocahontas, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7370° N, 94.6660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pocahontas, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7370&lon=-94.6660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29226 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,430 total, 900 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780214006519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT A FROST BUMP ON TAKEOFF. NOSE WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY BADLY, THEN COLLAPSED. FOUND BROKEN DOWNLOCK PIN.

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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