# Accident 19780805037799A: Cessna 210H, Mattituck, NY, August 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1978
- Place: Mattituck, NY
- Airport: Mattituck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.9869° N, 72.5191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MATTITUCK (21N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9869&lon=-72.5191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761RM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total, 90 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHJ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780805037799A

## Narrative

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

TRIM SET AT TKOF TRIANGLE. ELEV TRIM TAB SET 10 DEG UP PER CESSNAVICE MAN, PWR SLOWLY RETARDED

## 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 NYC78FHJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHJ20), Aug 5, 1978: Cessna T210M (N761RM), Mattituck, NY, 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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