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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 210M · Stuart, FL · December 7, 1980

Date
December 7, 1980 · 11:55 local
Place
Stuart, FL
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N761PX
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81DLD12
Reported as
Cessna 210M
Reported engine
Continental IO520L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rough engine over ocean. Engine quit, ditched. Airplane sank. Engine problem unknown. Had troubled history.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE OVER OCEAN. ENGINE QUIT, DITCHED. AIRPLANE SANK. ENGINE PROBLEM UNKNOWN. HAD TROUBLED HISTORY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.