# NTSB MIA78DA082: Cessna T210, N761EM, Great Inagua, Burkina Faso, April 5, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 5, 1978
- Place: Great Inagua, Burkina Faso · GREAT INAGUA,BWI, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141944
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA78DA082
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DA082

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1557   78/4/5  NR.GREAT INAGUA,BWI   CESSNA T210         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 140
        TIME - 1510                    N761EM              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SOUTH CAICOS,BWI           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           DITCHING                                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
        REMARKS- PLT REPORTED DITCHING 15MI S OF GREAT INAGUA.ACFT NOT FOUND.ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N761EM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761EM-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 21062198, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210
- 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 19780405019799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780405019799A), Apr 5, 1978: Cessna 210H, Great Inagua, FL, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Plt reported ditching 15MI s of Great Inagua. Acft not found. Acft & injury index presumed.

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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