# Accident 19780821035319A: Cessna 210H, Basye, VA, August 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1978
- Place: Basye, VA
- Airport: Sky Bryce
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 38.8154° N, 78.7708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY BRYCE (VG18), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8154&lon=-78.7708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6579X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6579X-2008-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 61 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DIA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DIA17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780821035319A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD79DIA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DIA17), Aug 21, 1978: Cessna 210 (N6579X), Basye, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6579X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060419030749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060419030749A), Apr 19, 2006: Cessna 210A (N6579X), Ludville, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On April 19, 2006, N6579X departed prattville, al enroute to manassas, VA on an IFR flight plan. While operating at 11,000 feet and in contact with the…

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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