# NTSB FTW72AF072: Cessna 210H, N6123F, Amarillo, TX, April 30, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 30, 1972
- Place: Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165652
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72AF072
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72AF072

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1070  72/4/30  NR.AMARILLO,TEX       CESSNA 210H         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 70, 2300
        TIME - 0518                    N6123F              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         AMARILLO,TEX                 KANSAS CITY,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
        REMARKS- PLT HAD HISTORY OF HEART TROUBLE. TOTAL TIME AS OF 4/9/70.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6123F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6123F-1972-08-14), registration cancelled 1972-08-14, S/N 210-59023 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Registry model: [Cessna 210H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (registry code 2073436) (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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