# Accident 19790106000399A: Cessna 210H, Crossville, TN, January 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1979, 20:18 local time
- Place: Crossville, TN
- Airport: Crossville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9515° N, 85.0306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crossville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9515&lon=-85.0306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6911R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,350 total, 100 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FKW03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FKW03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790106000399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST SIGHT OF RUNWAY WHILE CIRCLING TO LAND WITH ICE ON THE WINDSHIELD. PILOT CLAIMED ENGINE MALFUNCTION.NONE

## 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 IAD79FKW03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FKW03), Jan 6, 1979: Cessna 210 (N6911R), Crossville, TN, destroyed

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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