# Accident 19790330022369A: Cessna 210C, Seiling, OK, March 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Seiling, OK
- Airport: Seiling
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1554° N, 98.9337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEILING (1S4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1554&lon=-98.9337&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3678Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3678Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210C (registry code 2073412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 444 total, 113 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790330022369A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES APPROACHING AIRPORT. LANDED AT AIRPORT. FACTORS; DARK NIGHT, FLYING AT UNSAFE ALTITUDE.

## 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 FTW79DPJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ10), Mar 30, 1979: Cessna 210C (N3678Y), Seiling, OK, 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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