# Accident 19831120058529A: Cessna 210, Grass Valley, CA, November 20, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1983, 09:31 local time
- Place: Grass Valley, CA
- Airport: Nevada Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1800° N, 120.9808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1800&lon=-120.9808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7434E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7434E-1984-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,674 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831120058529A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING VOR INSTRUMENT APPROACH. PILOT HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO INITIATE MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE.

## 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 LAX84FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA064), Nov 20, 1983: Cessna 210 (N7434E), Grass Valley, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N7434E (2)

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

- [Accident 19801006090829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801006090829A), Oct 6, 1980: Cessna 210 (N7434E), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on a instrument approach. Hit wires and crashed. Had changed tanks without boost pump. Vapor lock.
- [Incident 19800308029509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800308029509I), Mar 8, 1980: Cessna 210 (N7434E), San Luis Obispo, CA, Minor damage. Unpaved transit parking area was soft and nose wheel sank into ground, allowing prop to strike ground.

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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