# NTSB DEN65D0040: Cessna 210, N3615Y, La Junta, CO, March 17, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 17, 1965
- Place: La Junta, CO · LA JUNTA, CO
- Location: 37.9794° N, 103.5473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Junta, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9794&lon=-103.5473&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 6, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179517
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN65D0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65D0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0516  65/3/17    LA JUNTA COLO       CESSNA 210          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 2500
        TIME - 0740                    N3615Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAJUNTA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR RETRACTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    1500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           18                                                       30
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           32                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 32 KNOTS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3615Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3615Y-1998-11-06), registration cancelled 1998-11-06, S/N 21058115 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (registry code 2073412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lajunta

## Other investigations on N3615Y (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 DEN65D0108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65D0108), May 11, 1965: Cessna 210 (N3615Y), Antelope Wells, NM, substantial damage

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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