# Accident 19791019036849A: Cessna 210, El Cajon, CA, October 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1979, 18:42 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6124R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6124R-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210F (registry code 2073418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210f) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,450 total, 75 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791019036849A

## Narrative

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

HIT ROCKY GROUND INSIDE OF O.M. ON LOC APPROACH. ACFT WAS 1000 FT BELOW MINIMUM 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 LAX80FUM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM03), Oct 19, 1979: Cessna T210F (N6124R), El Cajon, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N6124R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740523014519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740523014519A), May 23, 1974: Cessna 210F (N6124R), Albany, GA, Substantial damage. Unsafe gr indctn. Eng quit on dnwnd leg aftr 2 lo passes for gr ck. Switched tanks,un restart. Gr ok.

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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