# Accident 19810221004679A: Cessna 210E, La Plata, NM, February 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: La Plata, NM
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8964° N, 108.2001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Plata, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8964&lon=-108.2001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4941U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4941U-1982-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQA20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810221004679A

## Narrative

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

HARD  LANDING, BALLOONED, STALLED, HIT NOSE FIRST. FLIPPED OVER ON RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW81DQA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQA20), Feb 21, 1981: Cessna 210E (N4941U), La Plata, NM, 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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