# Accident 19791024030369A: Cessna T210L, Sacramento, CA, October 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1979, 09:45 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59076, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59076-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,053 total, 112 in this make and model, 254 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791024030369A

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FERRIED FOR REPAIR FOLLOWING A PREVIOUS LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE.

## 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 LAX80FVG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG03), Oct 24, 1979: Cessna T210L (N59076), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N59076 (2)

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

- [Incident 19871108076239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871108076239I), Nov 8, 1987: Cessna T210L (N59076), Montague, CA, Minor damage. Left main landing gear folded on touchdown. Left gear down lock switch failed internally.
- [Incident 19791009051659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791009051659I), Oct 9, 1979: Cessna T210L (N59076), Ontario, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed during landing roll. No gear problem could be found.

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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