# NTSB MIA79FLA08: Cessna 210M, N761AX, St.Marys, GA, November 8, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 8, 1978
- Place: St.Marys, GA · ST.MARYS, GA
- Location: 30.7567° N, 81.5784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Marys, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7567&lon=-81.5784&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 11, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA79FLA08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLA08

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4320   78/11/8 NR.ST.MARYS,GA        CESSNA 210M         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1430                    N761AX              PX-  0  0  4  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 23, 4500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANDLERS STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JACKSONVILLE,FL             CUMBERLAND ISLAND,GA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N761AX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761AX-2008-10-14), registration cancelled 2008-10-14, S/N 21062112, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Registry model: [Cessna 210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (registry code 2073450) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Chandlers Strip

## 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 19781108039159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781108039159A), Nov 8, 1978: Cessna 210H, St.Marys, GA, Substantial 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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