# Accident 19790106007929A: Cessna 210C, FL, January 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5853F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5853F-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790106007929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEM & SMOKE IN THE CABIN. DITCHED AT SEA. ONE PASSENGER PICKED UP. OTHERS NOT FOUND.

## 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 MIA79DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA038), Jan 6, 1979: Cessna 210G (N5853F), Gt Inagua, Burkina Faso, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N5853F (1)

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

- [Accident 19770608016669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770608016669A), Jun 8, 1977: Cessna 210G (N5853F), Fremont, IN, 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.

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