# NTSB DEN66D0309: Cessna 210A, N9418X, Riverton, UT, April 23, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1966
- Place: Riverton, UT · RIVERTON, UT
- Location: 40.5176° N, 111.9635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverton, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5176&lon=-111.9635&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 14, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201501
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66D0309
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66D0309-201501

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0979  66/4/23    RIVERTON UT         CESSNA 210A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 9000
        TIME - 1430                    N9418X              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL SURVEY             TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           BIRD STRIKE                                              IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9418X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9418X-1973-06-28), registration cancelled 1973-06-28, S/N 21057718 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Registry model: [Cessna 210A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (registry code 2073408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N9418X (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 DEN73AD036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD036), Feb 8, 1973: Cessna 210 (N9418X), Milford, UT, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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