# Accident 19791007030519A: Cessna 210, Osteen, FL, October 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1979, 19:50 local time
- Place: Osteen, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8461° N, 81.1626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Osteen, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8461&lon=-81.1626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1738X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1738X-2013-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791007030519A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SEEN FLYING SLOW AT TREE TOP LEVEL. PACKAGE THROWN FROM AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT HIT TREES. CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 MIA80FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA001), Oct 7, 1979: Cessna 210 (N1738X), Osteen, FL, 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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