# NTSB ATL81DKM02: Cessna 210, N6496C, Marion, NC, January 3, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 3, 1981
- Place: Marion, NC · MARION, NC
- Location: 35.6762° N, 82.0008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6762&lon=-82.0008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 17, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127707
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL81DKM02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKM02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0015   81/1/3    MARION,NC           CESSNA 210          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1930                    N6496C              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  26, 2735 TOTAL HOURS, 555
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIFLET
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FAY,NC                      MARION,NC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING
        REMARKS- SEVERAL RWY LITES INOP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6496C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6496C-2007-09-05), registration cancelled 2007-09-05, S/N 21063903, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Shiflet

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.

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