# Accident 19811210082369A: Cessna T210F, Pennegrove, CA, December 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1981, 18:29 local time
- Place: Pennegrove, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3006° N, 122.6706° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Penngrove, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3006&lon=-122.6706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6171R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6171R-1983-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210F (registry code 2073422, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 862 total, 59 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FVD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVD07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811210082369A

## Narrative

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

LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. SEVERE VIBRATION AT NIGHT EN ROUTE.  SHUTDOWN ENGINE. NOSED OVER LANDING. ONE PROP BLADE LOOSE

## 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 LAX82FVD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVD07), Dec 10, 1981: Cessna T210F (N6171R), Penngrove, CA, destroyed

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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