# Accident 19830731042359A: Cessna 210H, Marlborough, CT, July 31, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1983, 21:15 local time
- Place: Marlborough, CT
- Airport: Somers
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6040° N, 72.4437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6040&lon=-72.4437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1968X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1968X-2014-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210H (registry code 2073436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830731042359A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC83FA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA198), Aug 1, 1983: Cessna 210H (N1968X), Marlborough, CT, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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