# Accident 19790804021429A: Cessna T210M, Pistol Creek, ID, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Pistol Creek, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N6286B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6286B-1982-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,878 total, 95 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804021429A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE FLY-BY TO HAVE NOSE GEAR CHECKED. FLEW INTO TREES ON GO AROUND.

## 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 SEA79FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA049), Aug 4, 1979: Cessna T210M (N6286B), Pistol Creek, ID, destroyed, 6 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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