# Accident 19791005042499A: Cessna T210N, Lawrenceville, VA, October 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1979, 09:22 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7565° N, 77.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawrenceville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7565&lon=-77.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6483N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6483N-1982-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 801 total, 59 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791005042499A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ON IFR FLIGHT. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. AIRFRAME SEPARATED IN FLIGHT.

## 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 IAD80FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA004), Oct 5, 1979: Cessna T210N (N6483N), Lawrenceville, VA, destroyed, 2 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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