# Accident 19811006070789A: Cessna 210L, Clyde, TX, October 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1981, 10:15 local time
- Place: Clyde, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4056° N, 99.5039° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clyde, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4056&lon=-99.5039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5431V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5431V-1990-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811006070789A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AFTER FLYING INTO AREA OF LOW CLOUDS, DENSE FOG. THREE PILOTS ON BOARD. NO WEATHER CHECK.

## 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 FTW82FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA001), Oct 6, 1981: Cessna 210L (N5431V), Clyde, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N5431V (1)

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

- [Incident 19810123025449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810123025449I), Jan 23, 1981: Cessna 210L (N5431V), Parker, AZ, Minor damage. Emergency landing due to fuel starvation. Bad fuel gauges and improper preflight planning for fuel quantity.

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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