# Accident 19790301014169A: Cessna P210N, Port Townsend, WA, March 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1979, 15:15 local time
- Place: Port Townsend, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1218° N, 122.7879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Townsend, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1218&lon=-122.7879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4797P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4797P-1983-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 992 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYE15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790301014169A

## Narrative

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

TEST PILOT PUT ACFT INTO SPIN, WOULD NOT RECOVER. PILOT BAILED OUT, LANDED IN WATER AND DROWNED.

## 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 SEA79DYE15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE15), Mar 1, 1979: Robertson P210N (N4797P), Port Townsend, WA, 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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