# Accident 19860119001579A: Cessna 210H, Fremont, NE, January 19, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1986, 06:25 local time
- Place: Fremont, NE
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4397° N, 96.4906° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4397&lon=-96.4906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5961F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5961F-2013-06-27) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 483 total, 99 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC86FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860119001579A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED ICE ON LAKE DURING HOURS OF DARKNESS. VFR PILOT IN IFR CONDITIONS LOST GROUND REFERENCES AND CRASHED.

## 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 MKC86FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA053), Jan 19, 1986: Cessna 210H (N5961F), Fremont, NE, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N5961F (1)

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

- [Incident 19800413049299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800413049299I), Apr 13, 1980: Cessna 210H (N5961F), Wahoo, NE, Minor damage. Nose strut retracted into nose wheel well during landing 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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