# NTSB FTW72DRJ19: Cessna 210H, N5958F, Cottonport, LA, January 14, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 14, 1972
- Place: Cottonport, LA · COTTONPORT, LA
- Location: 30.9892° N, 92.0510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottonport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9892&lon=-92.0510&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165293
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72DRJ19
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72DRJ19

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5958F-2014-10-29), registration cancelled 2014-10-29, S/N 21058958, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Registry model: [Cessna 210H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (registry code 2073436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Smith

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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