# NTSB DEN69A0015: Cessna T-210G, N6846R, Estancia, NM, October 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 4, 1968
- Place: Estancia, NM · ESTANCIA, NM
- Location: 34.7650° N, 106.0335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Estancia, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7650&lon=-106.0335&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192089
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69A0015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69A0015

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4599   68/10/4   ESTANCIA,N MEX      CESSNA T-210G       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 60, 593
        TIME - 1245                    N6846R              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 228 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- PX REPORTED VIA RADIO THAT THE PLT WAS UNCONSCIOUS,PX ATTEMPTING TO FLY ACFT. ELEVATOR SEPARATED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6846R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6846R-1971-07-14), registration cancelled 1971-07-14, S/N T210-0246 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-210G
- Registry model: [Cessna T210G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (registry code 2073432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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