# Accident 19810926062929A: Cessna P210N, Rifle, CO, September 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1981, 08:10 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6208W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6208W-2013-10-23) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,647 total, 15 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTE72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810926062929A

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING.

## 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 DEN81FTE72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE72), Sep 26, 1981: Cessna 210 (N6208W), Rifle, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6208W (1)

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

- [Accident 19850422015769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850422015769A), Apr 22, 1985: Cessna P210N (N6208W), Laporte, CO, Destroyed. Declared emergency and flew into rock face of a ridge. Ruled a suicide.

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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