# NTSB LAX66D0103: Cessna 210, N9785X, Long Beach, CA, September 12, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 12, 1965
- Place: Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175609
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66D0103
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66D0103

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2782  65/9/12    LONG BEACH CALIF    CESSNA 210          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 1000
        TIME - 0030                    N9785X              PX-  0  0  3  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT BRANTLY B2 N2259U SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.NIGHT OPERATION ON LIGHTED AIRPORT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9785X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9785X), registered now, S/N 21058085 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (registry code 2073410) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Long Beach

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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