# Accident 19780901021849A: Cessna 210H, Princeton, NJ, September 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1978
- Place: Princeton, NJ
- Airport: Princeton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.3991° N, 74.6590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINCETON (39N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3991&lon=-74.6590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761YL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761YL-2008-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,993 total, 1,978 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780901021849A

## 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 NYC78FHA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA33), Sep 1, 1978: Cessna 210T (N761YL), Princeton, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N761YL (1)

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

- [Accident 19960707046219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960707046219A), Jul 7, 1996: Cessna T210L (N761YL), Dallas, TX, No damage. (-23) Aircraft was on an instructional flight. On landing the left brake failed and the aircraft ran off the end of the runway and stopped in a four foot…

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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