- Date
- September 5, 1979
- Place
- Garden City, KS · GARDEN CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59200Cessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790905031829A
- Case key
- 133568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2969 79/9/5 GARDEN CITY,KS CESSNA 210L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 234 TIME - 1245 N59200 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MILES CITY,MT CANADIAN,TX SCOTTSBLUFF,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS: WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ARCING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LEVEL TERRAIN.STRUCK NATURAL GAS METERING STATION.INFLIGHT FIRE FROM LOOSE ALT GND WIRE.ENG FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59200
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.