# NTSB investigations: Cessna 210M: In flight collision with terrain/water

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI03LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA175.md): Cessna 210M · Carlisle, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 23, 2003 · N9TK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper in-flight decision to descend for landing, at night, without the runway environment insight. Contributing factors were the pilot's disorientation, the embankment and the dark night condition.
- [NTSB FTW01LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA050.md): Cessna 210M · Burnet, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 15, 2001 · N1736M · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain proper glide path during a practice instrument approach, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. Contributory factors to the accident were the dark night light condition and the safety pilot's inadequate…
- [NTSB DEN92FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92FA016.md): Cessna 210M · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 18, 1991 · N1231M · Destroyed
  > Insufficient terrain clearance altitude selected by the pilot in command.
- [NTSB MIA84FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA053.md): Cessna 210M · West Palm Beach, FL · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 1983 · N761HZ · Destroyed
  > At 1926 the plt was cleared for the LOC bc arch for rwy 27R. At 1927 the acft acknowledged a clearance to land. 10 secs later the radar target disappeared. The plt was rescued at 2050 from the waters of the atlantic ocean about 1 mioff the Beach at West Palm…
- [NTSB CHI83FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA059.md): Cessna T210 · Defiance, OH · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 15, 1982 · N297EB · Destroyed
  > Aircraft crashed during non-precision approach in weather that was below minimums for that type of approach.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073450')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073450&occurrence=230

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