# NTSB LAX71DUQ26: Cessna 210K, N8270M, New Cuyama, CA, August 21, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 21, 1970
- Place: New Cuyama, CA · NEW CUYAMA, CA
- Location: 34.9431° N, 119.6820° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Cuyama, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9431&lon=-119.6820&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 24, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107780
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71DUQ26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71DUQ26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4388  70/8/21    NEW CUYAMA,CALIF    CESSNA 210K         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1630                    N8270M              PX-  0  0  5  BUSINESS                  AGE 29, 2017 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            7 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW CUYAMA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          SANTA BARBARA,CALIF         FRESNO,CALIF                 NEW CUYAMA,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        REMARKS- PAX,NOT A PLT,WAS ALLOWED TO MAKE APCH AND LDG. FLARED TOO HIGH.PLT CORRECTED LATE.HIT TAIL FIRST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8270M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: New Cuyama

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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