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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 210H · Marlborough, CT · July 31, 1983

Date
July 31, 1983 · 21:15 local
Place
Marlborough, CT
Airport
Somers
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1968X
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC83FA198
Reported as
Cessna 210H
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Struck trees during approach to a grass strip at night with ground fog in area. Had cancelled IFR airport in sight.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES DURING APPROACH TO A GRASS STRIP AT NIGHT WITH GROUND FOG IN AREA. HAD CANCELLED IFR AIRPORT IN SIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.