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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210M · Santa Monica, CA · October 11, 1981

Date
October 11, 1981 · 20:15 local
Place
Santa Monica, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N210TA
Reported as
Cessna T210M
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total1,000 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot disoriented by security truck lights, started takeoff from clear area between runway and taxiway. Hit light.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DISORIENTED BY SECURITY TRUCK LIGHTS, STARTED TAKEOFF FROM CLEAR AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. HIT LIGHT.

Other reports on N210TA · 1

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