# Accident 19811203077199A: Cessna T210N, San Francisco, CA, December 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1981, 06:41 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N765DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N765DS-1991-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,854 total, 489 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FVM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVM03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811203077199A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED IN WATER SHORT OF RUNWAY ON ILS APPROACH. USED ERRATIC DESCENT RATE. BEGAN GOAROUND, OVERBOOSTED ENGINE.

## 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 LAX82FVM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVM03), Dec 3, 1981: Cessna T210N (N765DS), San Francisco, CA, substantial damage

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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