# Accident 19780825041489A: Cessna 210H, Hot Springs, VA, August 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1978
- Place: Hot Springs, VA
- Airport: Ingalls Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 37.9515° N, 79.8339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INGALLS FLD (HSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9515&lon=-79.8339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3JE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3JE-2009-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,623 total, 1,157 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780825041489A

## Narrative

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

IFR FLT PLAN.DEST IFR.GIVEN IMPROPER VIS APCH CLRNC.ACCPTD CLRNC,IFR.HIT HILL BELOW ARPT ELEV.

## 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 IAD78FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA098), Aug 25, 1978: Cessna 210L (N3JE), Hot Springs, VA, 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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