# Accident 19790711037099A: Cessna 210M, Milton, AL, July 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1979, 08:39 local time
- Place: Milton, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5587° N, 86.8072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milton, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5587&lon=-86.8072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761ZX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761ZX-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790711037099A

## Narrative

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

OPERATED ACFT INTO AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LOST CONTROL. HIT TREES DURING RADAR VECTORS TO ILS.

## 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 MIA79FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA102), Jul 11, 1979: Cessna 210M (N761ZX), Milton, FL, 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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