# NTSB FTW71FRG58: Cessna 210A, N6578X, Mcallen, TX, December 7, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 7, 1970
- Place: Mcallen, TX · MCALLEN, TX
- Location: 26.2034° N, 98.2300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAllen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2034&lon=-98.2300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 22, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159518
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW71FRG58
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW71FRG58

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0040   70/12/7   MCALLEN,TEX         CESSNA 210A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 54, 238
        TIME - 1130                    N6578X              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLER INTL.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROBSTOWN TEX                MCALLEN,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- TAXIED IN CLOSED AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6578X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6578X-2022-06-04), registration cancelled 2022-06-04, S/N 21057578, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- 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: Minor damage
- Airport: Miller Intl.

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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