# Incident 19810411033129I: Cessna T210K, Amarillo, TX, April 11, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1981, 01:10 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8205M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8205M-2005-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,874 total, 58 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810411033129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE APPARENTLY DOZED WHILE CRUISING AT 4500 FEET. HE SAID HE WOKE UP, SAW DI-POLE ANTENNA. PROP DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8205M (2)

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

- [Incident 19830811050699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830811050699I), Aug 11, 1983: Cessna T210K (N8205M), Vernal, UT, Minor damage. Switch fuel tanks on downwind. Engine stopped due to no fuel in other tank. Off airport landing.
- [Accident 19740414009629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740414009629A), Apr 14, 1974: Cessna T210K (N8205M), Shreveport, LA, Substantial damage. Acft landed 2500 ft short of runway collided with trees,railroad embankment.

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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