- Date
- February 7, 1980
- Place
- Grapevine, CA · GRAPEVINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761UWCessna T210M
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800207002309A
- Case key
- 131595
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3793 80/2/7 NR.GRAPEVINE,CA CESSNA T210M CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 63, 850 TIME - 1334 N761UW PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA BURBANK,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLT PHASE UNK.OBSERVED AS IF CONDUCTING AERIAL MANEUVERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761UW
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N761UWRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna T210MAirframe modelCessna T210MEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.