# Accident 19810110017989A: Cessna P210N, Medford, OR, January 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1981, 20:30 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Jackson Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4544K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4544K-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 250 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810110017989A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED & BURNED SHORT OF RUNWAY ON ILS APPROACH. WEATHER BELOW MINIMUMS FOR INSTRUMENT APPROACH.

## 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 SEA81FYK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK04), Jan 10, 1981: Cessna P210 (N4544K), Medford, OR, destroyed

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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