# Accident 19781020032149A: Cessna 210H, Marco Island, FL, October 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1978
- Place: Marco Island, FL
- Airport: Marco Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 25.9320° N, 81.7048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marco Island, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9320&lon=-81.7048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4716P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,083 total, 3 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKT17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKT17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781020032149A

## Narrative

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

R FUEL TANK DRY,L TANK 8GAL.

## 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 MIA79DKT17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKT17), Oct 20, 1978: Cessna P210N (N4716P), Marco Island, FL, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.