# NTSB LAX80FA131: Cessna T210N, N139BB, Malibu, CA, August 8, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1980
- Place: Malibu, CA · MALIBU, CA
- Location: 34.0093° N, 118.7966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Malibu, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0093&lon=-118.7966&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 16, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129110
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FA131
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA131

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2218   80/8/8  NR.MALIBU,CA          CESSNA T210N        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 500
        TIME - 1800                    N139BB              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SANTA MONICA,CA             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- OBSERVED DIVING INTO OCEAN.SEATS RECOVERED.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N139BB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139BB-1980-11-04), registration cancelled 1980-11-04, S/N 21063695 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (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 19800808035249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800808035249A), Aug 8, 1980: Cessna T210N, Malibu, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft was observed diving into water two miles off shore. Body was not recovered.

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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