# NTSB LAX66A0076: Cessna 210, N6547X, Hemet, CA, April 6, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 6, 1966
- Place: Hemet, CA · HEMET, CA
- Location: 33.7341° N, 116.9968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hemet, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7341&lon=-116.9968&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172414
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66A0076
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66A0076

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0364   66/4/6    HEMET CALIF         CESSNA 210          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 39,
        TIME - 0132                    N6547X              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  1000 TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HEMET RYAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6547X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6547X-1966-05-16), registration cancelled 1966-05-16, S/N 57547 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hemet Ryan

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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