# Accident 19790123010089A: Cessna T210L, Long Beach, CA, January 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1979, 10:28 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4634Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4634Q-1982-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790123010089A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK WATER IN SHALLOW DIVE,PILOT HAD HISTORY OF HEART CONDITION,ALSO HAD REPORTED GEAR PROBLEMS.

## 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 LAX79FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA026), Jan 23, 1979: Cessna T210L (N4634Q), Long Beach, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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