# Incident 19781020029129I: Cessna 210L, Marion, VA, October 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Marion, VA
- Airport: Mountain Empire
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8948° N, 81.3499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNTAIN EMPIRE (MKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8948&lon=-81.3499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732ER-2001-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 12 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/19781020029129I

## Narrative

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

PLANE BOUNCED, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N732ER (1)

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

- [Accident 20000508011669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000508011669A), May 8, 2000: Cessna 210L (N732ER), Mack, CO, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) A/c departed grand junction, CO. For vernal, ut in known weather with thunderstorms in the area a/c crashed into mountain at 8734 feet. Suspect weather…

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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