- Date
- October 7, 1979
- Place
- Osteen, FL · OSTEEN, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1738XCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791007030519A
- Case key
- 133501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2577 79/10/7 NR.OSTEEN,FL CESSNA 210 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 27, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1950 N1738X PX- 1 0 0 OTHER HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OVER 340LBS MARIJUANA FOUND IN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1738X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1738XRegistration cancelled Apr 11, 2013 · Cessna 210LAirframe modelCessna 210LEngine modelContinental IO-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.