# Accident 19791125040339A: Cessna 210L, Ft. Wayne, IN, November 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1979, 20:38 local time
- Place: Ft. Wayne, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2034S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2034S-2009-07-10) (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 210L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,188 total, 1,061 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791125040339A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE HIT TREES INSIDE OUTER MARKER ON ILS APPROACH. PILOT EXHIBITED LESS THAN STANDARD IFR SKILL.

## 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 CHI80FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA012), Nov 25, 1979: Cessna 210L (N2034S), Fort Wayne, IN, destroyed, 3 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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