# NTSB LAX80FA046: Cessna T210M, N761UW, Grapevine, CA, February 7, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 7, 1980
- Place: Grapevine, CA · GRAPEVINE, CA
- Location: 34.9416° N, 118.9301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grapevine, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9416&lon=-118.9301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131595
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FA046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA046

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761UW-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 21062538, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800207002309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800207002309A), Feb 7, 1980: Cessna T210M, Grapevine, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft was observed making unusual manuevers before crash. Pilot had coronary disease.

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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