# NTSB LAX79IA082: Cessna 210, N6125F, Tucson, AZ, September 14, 1979

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 14, 1979
- Place: Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 4, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132896
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX79IA082
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79IA082

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5-0047  79/9/14    TUCSON,AZ           CESSNA 210          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 980
        TIME - 1930                    N6125F              PX-  1  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TUCSON,AZ                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- PASSENGER SUFFERED HEART ATTACK IN FLIGHT.DIED APPROX 2HRS LATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6125F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6125F), registered now, S/N 21059025, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- 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: No damage

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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