# Accident 19831230065009A: Cessna 210M, West Palm Beach, FL, December 30, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1983, 19:28 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: West Palm Beach
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7194° N, 80.0693° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7194&lon=-80.0693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761HZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761HZ-1986-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831230065009A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO OCEAN DURING BACK COURSE APPROACH.

## 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 MIA84FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA053), Dec 30, 1983: Cessna 210M (N761HZ), West Palm Beach, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N761HZ (1)

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

- [Incident 19780801047679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780801047679I), Aug 1, 1978: Cessna 210 (N761HZ), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted gear instead of flaps on rollout.

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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