# NTSB FTW70D0182: Cessna 210, N6655X, Mullins, TX, August 31, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: August 31, 1969
- Place: Mullins, TX · MULLINS, TX
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 155767
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70D0182
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70D0182

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3864  69/8/31    MULLINS,TEX         CESSNA 210          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 238
        TIME - 1000                    N6655X              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          FT WORTH,TEX                BROWNSWOOD,TEX               MULLINS,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL BROKE THRU THIN CRUST,SHEARED.ACFT NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6655X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6655X-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 21057655, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (registry code 2073408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N6655X (2)

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 ERA11FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA038), Oct 28, 2010: Cessna 210A (N6655X), Aiken, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather planning and improper decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial…
- [NTSB MIA68D0219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68D0219), Sep 6, 1967: Cessna 210A (N6655X), Belle Glade, FL, 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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