# Accident 19800911041559A: Cessna T210N, Summit, SD, September 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1980, 22:45 local time
- Place: Summit, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3056° N, 97.0391° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Summit, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3056&lon=-97.0391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4972C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4972C-1983-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 115 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800911041559A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED FLIGHT IN IFR WEATHER. CRASHED INTO RIDGE 16 MILES FROM DEPARTURE POINT.

## 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 MKC80FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA056), Sep 11, 1980: Cessna T210N (N4972C), Summit, SD, 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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