# Accident 19850528020459A: Cessna 210F, Princeton, NJ, May 28, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1985, 21:30 local time
- Place: Princeton, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3582° N, 74.6667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Princeton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3582&lon=-74.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5807F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5807F-2013-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210F (registry code 2073418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,033 total, 527 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FHD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FHD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850528020459A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES AND TREES AT NIGHT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET TO AIRPORT WITHOUT IFR 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 NYC85FHD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FHD02), May 29, 1985: Cessna 210F (N5807F), Princeton, NJ, 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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