# Accident 19801124078239A: Cessna 210L, Key Largo, FL, November 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.1226° N, 80.4116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key Largo, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.1226&lon=-80.4116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5187V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5187V-2013-04-01) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DKT11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801124078239A

## Narrative

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

DUMPED DRUG LOAD. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, CRASHED IN SWAMP. LEFT SCENE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION.

## 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 MIA81DKT11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT11), Nov 24, 1980: Cessna 210 (N5187V), Key Largo, FL, destroyed

## Other reports on N5187V (1)

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

- [Incident 19800608054759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800608054759I), Jun 8, 1980: Cessna 210L (N5187V), Sanford, FL, Substantial damage. Landed with gear partially extended due to ruptured hydraulic line.

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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