- Date
- January 14, 1972
- Place
- Cottonport, LA · COTTONPORT, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5958FCessna 210H
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165293
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0255 72/1/14 COTTONPORT,LA CESSNA 210H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 1135 TIME - 1130 N5958F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 458 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADDISON,TEX COTTONPORT,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- HIT RR SIGN POST 110 FT FROM THRESHOLD. SIGN HAS SINCE BEEN RELOCATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5958F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith
N5958FRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Cessna 210HAirframe modelCessna 210HEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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