# Accident 19810626036559A: Cessna T210L, Elko, NV, June 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1981, 07:45 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8381° N, 115.7678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elko, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8381&lon=-115.7678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732AS-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 12,285 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626036559A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF A RIDGE IN CLEAR DAYLIGHT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. WITNESS  OBSERVED AIRPLANE IN LEVEL FLIGHT TO IMPACT.

## 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 LAX81FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA101), Jun 26, 1981: Cessna T210 (N732AS), Elko, NV, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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